Thursday 22 September – Saturday 1 October 2011
Young Vic
Kurt Weill Street Scene
Keith Lochart / Tim Murray conductors
John Fulljames director
Dick Bird Design
Jon Clark Light
Arthur Pita Choreography
Southbank Sinfonia Touring
A glorious blend of Broadway musical and American opera, Street Scene won the first ever Tony Award for Kurt Weill, confirming him as one of the 20th century’s most original and popular composers. His score features scintillating show tunes, operatic arias, jazz, the blues and spirituals. Adapted by Elmer Rice from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with lyrics by the great poet of Harlem, Langston Hughes.
Tickets
£29.50 £25 £17.50 £10
For further information and to book tickets, go to www.youngvic.org or call the box office on 020 7922 2922.
Running from Thursday 15 September with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia Touring takes over from Thursday 22 September at the Young Vic, and then takes it on tour:
Tuesday 4 October: The Anvil, Basingstoke
Friday 7 – Saturday 8 October: Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Tuesday 11 – Wednesday 12 October: The Riverfront Theatre, Newport
Friday 14 – Saturday 15 October: Hull Truck Theatre
See individual dates on the calendar for further tour information.
Saturday 17 September – Sunday 2 October
National Theatre, London
Jonathan Miller director
Paul Goodwin conductor
Matthew Truscott guest leader
Soloists include:
Andrew Staples • Ruby Hughes
Sally Bruce-Payne • James Laing
Benjamin Hulett
Bach St Matthew Passion
Following the success of Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Southbank Sinfonia returns to the National Theatre for a dramatic performance of the St Matthew Passion. Director Jonathan Miller explores the dramatic and universal themes of one of the greatest works of the Baroque era.
Tickets
For further ticket and performance details, contact the National Theatre Box Office
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk | 020 7452 3000
Tuesday 4 October 2011
7.45pm
The Anvil, Basingstoke
Kurt Weill Street Scene
Tim Murray conductor
John Fulljames director
Dick Bird Design
Jon Clark Light
Arthur Pita Choreography
Southbank Sinfonia Touring
A glorious blend of Broadway musical and American opera, Street Scene won the first ever Tony Award for Kurt Weill, confirming him as one of the 20th century’s most original and popular composers. His score features scintillating show tunes, operatic arias, jazz, the blues and spirituals. Adapted by Elmer Rice from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with lyrics by the great poet of Harlem, Langston Hughes.
Tickets
£20; over 60s £18; under 16s and full time students £10
For further information and to book tickets, go to www.anvilarts.org.uk or call the box office on 01256 844244.
Friday 7 October, 7.30pm
Saturday 8 October, 2.30pm & 5.30pm
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Kurt Weill Street Scene
Tim Murray conductor
John Fulljames director
Dick Bird Design
Jon Clark Light
Arthur Pita Choreography
Southbank Sinfonia Touring
A glorious blend of Broadway musical and American opera, Street Scene won the first ever Tony Award for Kurt Weill, confirming him as one of the 20th century’s most original and popular composers. His score features scintillating show tunes, operatic arias, jazz, the blues and spirituals. Adapted by Elmer Rice from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with lyrics by the great poet of Harlem, Langston Hughes.
Tickets
£19.50 – £28.50 (concessions available)
For further information and to book tickets, go to www.fctt.org.uk or call the box office on 0131 529 6000.
FIZZING FIREWORKS!
Saturday 8 October 2011
11.30am-12.15pm
Cadogan Hall, London
Go whizz, pop and bang with Southbank Sinfonia
Rachel Leach presenter
Stephen Bell conductor
Southbank Sinfonia are off to the fireworks! Come along for an adventure inspired by
Olivia the Pig’s hunt for some suitably explosive music, featuring works by Mozart, Gershwin, and Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Doors open at 10.45am for fun craft activities and to meet the players!
Tickets
£8 adult, £6 children, £22 for family of four
Available from Cadogan Hall Box Office
www.cadoganhall.com | 020 7730 4500
Children attending Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea schools
One child goes free with every adult ticket!
Sunday 9 October 2011
5pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Two dynamic forces come together for a compelling programme taking the audience on a tour around the world in 80 minutes – no passport required! Sought after ‘extreme cellist’ Matthew Barley joins Southbank Sinfonia for the final concert of the year with a showcase of chamber music.
If you enjoyed our Rush Hour concert with Matthew, you will love this!
Jacques Ibert Trois Pièces Brèves
Franz Schubert String Quartet no.12 ‘Quartettsatz’
Eric Sammut Zapping Trio
Samuel Barber Summer Music
David Corkhill Fanfare for a Citizen
Ástor Piazzolla arr. Barley Milonga del Ángel
Josef Haydn Cello Concerto no.1 in C major
Matthew Barley cello
Tickets
Available from Wigmore Hall Box Office
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk | 020 7935 2141
For further information contact Southbank Sinfonia
info@southbanksinfonia.co.uk | 020 7921 0370
Southbank Sinfonia’s involvement in the National Theatre production of the St Matthew Passion was noted by a number of leading critics. Read on for some of the highlights…
The Stage Graham Rogers
The young musicians of Southbank Sinfonia excel, playing on modern instruments with the stylish buoyancy of period bands.
Observer Kate Kellaway
But the most moving moments of all are when single instrumentalists stand up and walk into the circle. Nicola Barbagli’s oboe solo in the garden of Gethsemane is one such overwhelming moment. Matthew Truscott’s violin solo is another and Lindsey Ellis seems to dance with her lovely flute, as if bending in the wind.
Independent Michael Church (4/5 stars)
…And – much aided by the translation which Goodwin has compiled through years of working with singers – this they certainly deliver, from the moment the first great orchestral and choral statement wells up from the bowels of the earth. Since the band is the youthful Southbank Sinfonia and the chorus comes from the Guildhall, the energy is electrifying, with the instrumental solos – pre-eminently on violin, cello, flute, and oboe – being every bit as dramatic as the arias they accompany. This is emphatically not a concert: it’s life and death in the raw.
The Independent Anna Picard
Conductor Paul Goodwin draws some finely detailed, idiomatic playing from Southbank Sinfonia
Evening Standard Henry Hitchings (4/5 stars)
…And the young members of the South Bank Sinfonia play with conviction, conducted alertly by Paul Goodwin, who has also compiled and edited a crisp English translation.
Tuesday 11 October
7.00pm
Thomas’s School, Battersea
Thomas’s London Day Schools are a group of family-run co-educational schools for children between the ages of two and thirteen. As part of our residency, Southbank Sinfonia players will spend the day doing workshops with the pupils.
There will be an evening concert, where Southbank Sinfonia will play alongside musicians and singers from Thomas’s school. A Musical Journey Through Europe, the programme will feature the Rosamunde Overture by Schubert, Largo from Dvořák ’s Symphony no.9 and other great works from the continent.
For more information, contact the Southbank Sinfonia office on 020 7921 0370.
Tuesday 11 – Wednesday 12 October
7.30pm
The Riverfront Theatre, Newport
Kurt Weill Street Scene
Tim Murray conductor
John Fulljames director
Dick Bird Design
Jon Clark Light
Arthur Pita Choreography
Southbank Sinfonia Touring
A glorious blend of Broadway musical and American opera, Street Scene won the first ever Tony Award for Kurt Weill, confirming him as one of the 20th century’s most original and popular composers. His score features scintillating show tunes, operatic arias, jazz, the blues and spirituals. Adapted by Elmer Rice from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, with lyrics by the great poet of Harlem, Langston Hughes.
Tickets
£18 £15 £10 Reductions £16 £13 £8 Schools £8
For further information and to book tickets, go to www.newport.gov.uk/theRiverfront or call the box office on 01633 656757.
Thursday 13 October
7.00pm
Thomas’s School, Clapham
Thomas’s London Day Schools are a group of family-run co-educational schools for children between the ages of two and thirteen. As part of our residency, Southbank Sinfonia players will spend the day doing workshops with the pupils.
There will be an evening concert, where Southbank Sinfonia will play alongside musicians and singers from Thomas’s school. A Musical Journey Through Europe, the programme will feature the Rosamunde Overture by Schubert, Largo from Dvořák ’s Symphony no.9 and other great works from the continent.
For more information, contact the Southbank Sinfonia office on 020 7921 0370.
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