Saturday 10 November
7.30pm
Coventry Cathedral
The Parliament Choir
St Michael’s Singers
Ilona Domnich soprano
Robert Davies Baritone
Simon Over conductor
Paul Leddington-Wright conductor
Southbank Sinfonia
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Brahms German Requiem
As part of the Cathedral’s annual Remembrance focus, the iconic Requiem by Brahms has at its heart the transition from anxiety to comfort for those who mourn. Written to partially assuage Brahms’ grief over the death of his mother and of his close friend Robert Schumann, the setting of texts from the German Lutheran Bible is a continually refreshing move away from the traditional Latin Requiem Mass. A German Requiem, however, is not simply a memorial to the composer’s mother or mentor, but a message of hope for us all as we remember all those lost through the tragedy of war and other conflicts.
Tickets
£7.50 £10 £13 £15 £18 £20
Available from the Coventry Cathedral Box Office
www.tickettailor.com | 024 7652 1200.
Wednesday 14 November
7.30pm
Westminster Cathedral
The Parliament Choir
St Michael’s Singers
Ilona Domnich soprano
Robert Davies Baritone
Simon Over conductor
Paul Leddington-Wright conductor
Southbank Sinfonia
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Brahms German Requiem
Brahms’ Requiem has at its heart the transition from anxiety to comfort for those who mourn. Written to partially assuage Brahms’ grief over the death of his mother and of his close friend Robert Schumann, the setting of texts from the German Lutheran Bible is a continually refreshing move away from the traditional Latin Requiem Mass. A German Requiem, however, is not simply a memorial to the composer’s mother or mentor, but a message of hope for us all as we remember all those lost through the tragedy of war and other conflicts.
Tickets
£30 £20 £10
available from Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster.co.uk | 0844 847 1524
Thursday 22 November 2012 – Wednesday 27 March 2013
Double Bill with Cocktail Sticks: Sunday 16 December, Sunday 13 January 2013, Sunday 10 and Sunday 17 March 2013, 2.15pm
National Theatre
Alex Jennings Alan Bennett
Members of Southbank Sinfonia
Alan Bennett Hymn
with music by George Fenton
Alan Bennett Cocktail Sticks
Alan Bennett writes: ‘In 2001 the Medici Quartet commissioned the composer George Fenton to write a piece commemorating their thirtieth anniversary. George Fenton appeared in my play Forty Years On and has written music for many of my plays since, and he asked me to collaborate on the commission. Hymn was the result. First performed at the Harrogate Festival in August 2001, it’s a series of memoirs with music. Besides purely instrumental passages for the quartet, many of the speeches are under-scored, incorporating some of the hymns and music I remember from my childhood and youth.’
It’s a dwindling band; old-fashioned and of a certain age, you can pick us out at funerals and memorial services because we can sing the hymns without the book.
Hymn: Dates
Thursday 22 November
Tuesday 27 November
Wednesday 28 November
Tuesday 18 December
(2013)
Tuesday 8 January
Monday 14 January
Monday 4 February
Monday 11 February
Tuesday 19 February
Wednesday 27 February
Hymn and Cocktail Sticks double bill: Dates
Sunday 16 December
(2013)
Sunday 13 January
Sunday 10 February
Sunday 10 March
Sunday 17 March
Tickets
£12 £15
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk | 020 7452 3000
Thursday 22 – Saturday 24 November
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House
Southbank Sinfonia Alumni
Robert Binet Life’s Witness
Paolo Mangiola Alpha Episodes
(with music by Dag Rosenqvist)
Alexander Whitley Hertz
(with music by Hildur Gudnadottir)
In 2002, Wayne McGregor (now Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet) created an evening of work for his company in collaboration with dancers from The Royal Ballet. Ten years later, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance returns to the Linbury Studio Theatre with works by rising choreographers Robert Binet, Alex Whitley and Paolo Mangiola.
Royal Ballet Choreographic Apprentice Robert Binet’s new piece Life’s Witness examines states of ‘being’ and ‘non-being’, and explores how other people act as witnesses to our lives. Alpha Episodes by Paolo Mangiola has been created for Edward Watson, Eric Underwood and Paul Kay from The Royal Ballet, and examines new expressions of masculinity. The work is set to a lyrical electro-acoustic score by Swedish composer Dag Rosenqvist, blended with text from The Waves by Virginia Woolf. Hertz by Royal Ballet Affiliate Choreographer Alexander Whitley is a piece for eight dancers and explores scientific theories of light, set to music by Icelandic composer Hildur Gudnadottir.
A quintet formed of Southbank Sinfonia alumni will join the performers on stage to provide musical accompaniment.
Tickets
£11 £19 £23
available from the Royal Opera House box office
www.roh.org.uk | 020 7304 4000
Wednesday 28 November
6.30pm
Australia House
Sally Silver soprano
Elena Xanthoudakis soprano
Rosemary Tuck piano
Richard Bonynge conductor
Southbank Sinfonia
Programme includes music by George Frederic Handel, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Christian Bach, Gioachino Rossini and W. Vincent Wallace
The Tait Memorial Trust celebrate it’s 20th anniversary with leading Australian performers.
Tickets
£120 Reception, Concert and Dinner – SOLD OUT
£60 Reception and Concert only
To purchase, contact info@taitmemorialtrust.org or call 01243 920122
