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SUMMARY:David Greilsammer – Dance or Die
DESCRIPTION:One of today’s most audacious conductors and pianists\, live at Firth Hall \nThe Journey\nIt was a few years ago\, during a trip to the Amazon Jungle. While watching an ancestral ceremony\, I was struck by an extreme need to change the way I was approaching my instrument. Naturally\, I didn’t have any piano around me at that moment\, but I knew that from now on\, I would have to embrace it with a more corporal\, immediate\, and choreographic attitude\, one that can express our human wish to be free\, in a world that seems increasingly insane and cruel. Strangely\, it is in that precise instant\, in the middle of the Colombian Rainforest that came to my mind the piece that would become the cornerstone of this album\, Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze. \nThroughout its eighteen short dances\, symbolizing the battle for the arts\, also hides\, behind the notes\, a passionate secret letter from the composer to his loved one. The two Baroque dances by Purcell\, expressing stunning rhythmic innovations\, as well as the two preludes by Debussy\, revealing surreal creatures and their fantastical choreographies – all seemed to be essential to this journey. But along with these three men of the past\, I felt the necessity to explore dance through the eyes of three women of our time\, each one a composer from a different background and tradition. This dialogue between sounds of today and those of a far\, distant time\, was vital. Carolina Noguera’s work La Noche de los Cuerpos – bringing together rituals from her native Colombia and a contemporary language – was meant to find itself in the centre of this voyage. \nConnecting the various universes in which she evolves – classical pianist by day\, DJ by night\, as well as a collaborator of various pop icons\, British composer Georgie Ward has given life to a piece intertwining the worlds of techno and body-percussion\, propelling us to an imaginary night club. Calling on her Nigerian roots and paying tribute to the rhythmic power of African percussion\, Nkeiru Okoye has created music full of explosive\, mystic\, and blazing colours. As Nietzsche wrote in his marvellous book Thus Spoke Zarathustra\, “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star”. \nProgramme\nRobert Schumann (1810-1856): Davidsbündlertänze\, Book I (16’)\nNkeiru Okoye (born 1974) Dance Til’ you Drop (new piece\, world premiere) (2’)\nHenry Purcell (1659-1695): Corant\, from Suite in D Minor (2’)\nGeorgie Ward (born 1990): Techno Confessional\, chapter I (new piece\, world premiere) (‘3)\nClaude Debussy (1862-1918): Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses\, from Préludes (‘4)\nCarolina Noguera (born 1978): La Noche de los Cuerpos (new piece\, world premiere) (7’)\nClaude Debussy (1862-1918): Danseuses de Delphes\, from Préludes (3’)\nGeorgie Ward (born 1990): Techno Confessional\, chapter II (new piece\, world premiere) (‘3)\nHenry Purcell (1659-1695): Hornpipe\, from Suite in D Minor (2’)\nNkeiru Okoye (born 1974) Drums Calling (3’)\nRobert Schumann (1810-1856): Davidsbündlertänze\, Book II (17’) \n65 minutes with no intermission.
URL:https://classicalsheffield.org.uk/event/david-greilsammer-dance-or-die/
LOCATION:Firth Hall\, Alfred Denny Building\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S10 2TN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conductors,Piano
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SUMMARY:Sheffield Bach Choir - Rossini PETITE MESSE SOLONNELLE
DESCRIPTION:Sheffield Bach Choir’s first concert of the season features Rossini’s wonderful Petite Messe Solonnelle. Ironically titled\, the work is neither short nor solemn\, but bursts with beautiful operatic melodies\, elaborate flourishes and dramatic dynamics. \n \nWritten some 30 years after his final opera composition\, it’s a full mass which the composer  described as one of his “sins of old age”. This sumptuous work is as colourful and dramatic as you might expect from such an accomplished operatic composer – one not to miss! \n“choral sound.. most impressive” “joyous” Tom Owen\, Sheffield Telegraph (previous concert) \n\nSheffield Bach Choir\nHannah Andrusier – soprano\nAilsa Mainwaring – alto\nJoseph Banerjee – tenor\nWilliam Burn – bass\nJames Mitchell – harmonium\nRuth Nicholson – piano\nPhilip Collin – conductor\n\nDo join us for a wonderful performance at St Mark’s Church Broomhill. Doors open at 7.00 pm. \n\n\nBOOK EARLY USING THE ONLINE LINK BELOW – Early Bird tickets cost just £16.50!   Tickets will also be available from choir members and on the door\, £18 for adults and £9 for students\, accompanied under-16s free. \nCLICK HERE TO BUY EARLY BIRD TICKETS
URL:https://classicalsheffield.org.uk/event/sheffield-bach-choir-rossini-petite-messe-solonnelle/
LOCATION:St Marks Church Broomhill\, Broomfield Rd\, Sheffield\, S10 2SE
CATEGORIES:Choir,Choruses
ORGANIZER;CN="Sheffield Bach Choir":MAILTO:secretary@sheffieldbachchoir.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Sheffield Lydian Singers and Lismore Wind Quintet: Autumn Concert
DESCRIPTION:Sheffield Lydian Singers and the Lismore Wind Quintet present an evening of music lewd and lyrical\, satirical\, soulful and silly\, featuring composers including Britten\, Handel\, Monteverdi\, Schubert and Schumann. Come and hear two world premières from resident composer Robin Hughes\, songs by the ever-irreverent Tom Lehrer arranged by musical director George Nicholson\, and\, in celebration of St. Cecilia’s day\, even a few words about music itself.
URL:https://classicalsheffield.org.uk/event/autumn-concert-with-the-lismore-wind-quintet/
LOCATION:St James’ Church Norton\, Norton Church Road\, Sheffieled\, S8 8JQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber Choirs,Ensembles
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sheffield Lydian Singers":MAILTO:Please message Sheffield Lydian Singers via Facebook.
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SUMMARY:Brigantes Bach to Britten
DESCRIPTION:BRITTEN Sinfonietta Op. 1\nBACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D\nBACH Triple Concerto BWV1044\nSTRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks Concerto\nAlice Power (Piano)\, Laura Jellicoe (Flute)\, David Milsom (Violin) \nStep into a musical time machine and explore how great composers have shaped the sounds we hear today. Each concert in our new season begins in a different year\, then travels across the centuries to reveal how familiar ideas – beautiful melodies\, vivid storytelling\, nature\, memory and national character – have been reimagined again and again. \nImagine composers in the first decades of the 1900s revisiting the music of JS Bach\, what might they have written? Well\, Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks Concerto is\, in all but name\, another Brandenburg Concerto\, but with a distinctly modern voice. Each piece in this programme\, the Britten Sinfonietta\, the Stravinsky\, and two pieces by Bach\, exploit small forces and make soloists of the orchestral musicians.
URL:https://classicalsheffield.org.uk/event/brigantes-bach-to-britten/
LOCATION:Sheffield Cathedral\, Church Street\, Sheffield\, S1 1HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Orchestra,Piano,Soloists,String
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brigantes Orchestra":MAILTO:contact@thebrigantes.uk
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SUMMARY:Engegård Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Music in the Round. \nNorthern Lights: Norwegian Folk \nFormed under the midnight sun in the Lofoten Islands\, Norway’s leading string quartet brings the rugged soul of the country to the stage. \nFrom the vast plains of Finnmark to the fjords of Kvæfjord\, this programme features the Quartet’s own arrangements of traditional joiks – one of the oldest song traditions in Europe – alongside haunting psalms and spirited bridal marches. \nA fresh take on repertoire that is 400 years in the making\, this concert explores the roots of much of the weekend’s music in an evocative\, moving and joyful finale.
URL:https://classicalsheffield.org.uk/event/engegard-quartet/
LOCATION:Firth Hall\, Alfred Denny Building\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S10 2TN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:String,String Quartet
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