concert series 2012/13

Concert Series 2012/13

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Sat 13 Oct 5.55pm

L’Elisir d’Amore DonizettiNew Production

Director: Bartlett SherConductor: Maurizio BeniniWith Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani

Sat 27 Oct 5.55pm

Otello Verdi Conductor: Semyon BychkovWith Johan Botha, Renée Fleming

Sat 10 Nov 5.55pm

The Tempest Adès Met Premiere Production

Director: Robert LepageConductor: Thomas AdèsWith Simon Keenlyside

Sat 1 Dec 5.55pm

La Clemenza di Tito MozartConductor: Harry BicketWith Elına Garanıa, Giuseppe Filianoti, Barbara Frittoli

Sat 8 Dec 5.55pm

Un Ballo in Maschera VerdiNew Production

Director: David AldenConductor: Fabio LuisiWith Marcelo Álvarez, Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe

Sat 15 Dec 5.55pm

Aida VerdiConductor: Fabio LuisiWith Liudmyla Monastyrska, Roberto Alagna, Olga Borodina

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Sat 5 Jan 5pm

Les Troyens BerliozConductor: Fabio LuisiWith Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft

Sat 19 Jan 5.55pm

Maria Stuarda DonizettiMet Premiere Production

Director: David McVicarConductor: Maurizio BeniniWith Joyce DiDonato, Elza van den Heever

Sat 16 Feb 5.55pm

Rigoletto VerdiNew Production

Director: Michael MayerWith Piotr Beczala, Željko Lucic, Diana Damrau

Sat 2 Mar 5pm

Parsifal WagnerNew Production

Director: François GirardConductor: Daniele GattiWith Katarina Dalayman, Peter Mattei, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape

Sat 16 Mar 4pm

Francesca da Rimini ZandonaiConductor: Marco ArmiliatoWith Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marcello Giordani

Sat 27 Apr 5pm

Giulio Cesare HandelNew Production

Director: David McVicarConductor: Harry BicketWith David Daniels, Natalie Dessay

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L’Elisir d’Amore

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I’m really proud to be introducing our latest series of magnificent concerts by some of the best orchestral musicians to be heard in the UK today. Proud, because since 1981, Warwick Arts Centre has striven, in occasionally adverse circumstances, to bring some of the world’s best classical music and musicians to your doorstep, and with this Concert Series, we continue that tradition undimmed. The excitement of the 2012 Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will have abated by the time the first note of our series is struck in October by our good friends and neighbours from the CBSO with Andris Nelsons. Our aim is to maintain the impetus of a continuing series of stirring events throughout 2012/13 with a programme to rival any great city. We have never shied away from bringing our wonderful audiences new or unfamiliar works and this year’s Concert Series is no exception.

Gently mixed with the familiar and great works of the period, we bring you a selection of Twentieth Century works which have stood the test of time and demonstrate that the act of composition and musical expression is alive and responsive to new thinking and historical interpretation. We value our subscribers highly. It is true to say that without your continued and sustained support we would not be in a position to bring you the great orchestras and musicians in this year’s programme. In return we hope you will join us in our passion to spread the word about experiencing wonderful music live in a great environment! Please join us and encourage friends and family to help us fill the Butterworth Hall for every concert. Finally, we are tremendously grateful to Simon Yates for his continuing support for this year’s Concert Series. He represents a growing cadre of supporters without whom Warwick Arts Centre would be a lesser place.

Welcome to Warwick Arts Centre’s 31st edition Concert Series.

Alan RivettDirectorWarwick Arts Centre

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Thanks to the University of Warwick for the continued support of Warwick Arts Centre.

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Individual Ticket Prices by Seating AreaA: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50

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Young SubscribersBest available tickets £12 each for 18 – 26 year olds. You can purchase these tickets in advance with the subscription form in the centre of this brochure.

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Car ParkingPlease always allow plenty of time for parking when you visit us. We have plenty of parking on campus, but to ensure you get into one of the closer car-parks we advise arriving at least 30 minutes before the start of the performance. After 6pm parking is FREE of charge across campus.

Advantages of arriving early!

• Ensure your car parking place

• Visit the Mead Gallery – free of charge and open until 9pm Mon – Sat

• Enjoy a pre-concert meal in Gusto Oven & Bar or a drink or snack in the Café Bar or in the Theatre Bar

• Attend a pre-concert talk – a fantastic introduction to the evening ahead

Car parks 7 and 4/4a

These are the nearest car parks to the Arts Centre and they use an environmentally friendly token machine at all times, although parking is FREE after 6pm. Please be prepared that at the end of a busy night it can take some time to exit from the upper floors of Car Park 7.

Using tokens

• As you enter Car Parks 7 or 4/4a you will receive a token which you will need to validate at the pay station (located on the ground floor entrance on Car Park 7 and next to the barrier in 4/4a)

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Car parks 8 and 15

Car Park 8 is approx 7 minutes walk from the Arts Centre and Car Park 15 approx 10 minutes walk. Car Parks 8 and 15 do not use a token machine and have no exit barrier. If you don’t mind a slightly longer walk, they can be quicker to exit at the end of the night.

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You can’t have missed the buzz about Andris Nelsons and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. “With a third top conductor in charge – after Rattle and Oramo – Birmingham seems to have made its own luck”, declared one critic, before wondering “what further heights the young Latvian Andris Nelsons can persuade the already world-class CBSO to scale.” But don’t take his word for it; judge for yourself, as Nelsons, the CBSO, and the incomparable Christian Tetzlaff open our orchestral series in spectacular style – and launch our season–long exploration of the colour, energy and sheer emotion of 20th century music with Rachmaninov’s magnificent Symphonic Dances. With its soaring melodies and thrilling orchestral virtuosity, it neatly complements Stravinsky’s brilliantly deadpan Scherzo composed just a few years later. The perfect contrast, and the perfect complement, to Brahms’s serene Violin Concerto. And you’ll never hear them played with more passion, conviction and flair than by the CBSO under Andris Nelsons.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Conductor – Andris NelsonsViolin – Christian Tetzlaff

Wednesday 10 October 8pm

Stravinsky – Scherzo á la russeBrahms – Violin ConcertoIntervalRachmaninov – Symphonic Dances

Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Stephen Maddock, Chief Executive, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in conversation with Christian Tetzlaff.

Ticket prices by Seating Area

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons

Folk-songs and fairy tales: Dvorák may have written his Ninth Symphony “from the New World”, but his heart was still in Bohemia. So forget about the Hovis ad. If you only know the Largo of Dvorák’s Ninth, you’re in for a glorious surprise, as the 19th century’s most warm-hearted composer pours all his nostalgia and inspiration into a symphony that sighs, sings and dances with emotion.

There’s real sweetness, too, beneath the glittering surface of Prokofiev’s Cinderella, and if you love his Romeo and Juliet, you’ll know that unforgettable tunes come as standard.

The Dresden Philharmonic’s Music Director Michael Sanderling has a special connection to this music – his father Kurt championed some of Russia’s greatest 20th century composers. So he’ll drive straight to the brooding soul of Khachaturian’s flamboyant Violin Concerto; the perfect partner for Mikhail Simonyan, the Siberia-born virtuoso who’s already attracting comparisons with some of the greatest players of the century.

Conductor – Michael SanderlingViolin – Mikhail Simonyan

Wednesday 24 October 8pm

Prokofiev – Excerpts from Cinderella SuiteKhachaturian – Violin ConcertoIntervalDvorák – Symphony No.9

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra


A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick, talks about tonight’s programme.

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Michael Sanderling

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Conductor – Rory MacdonaldPiano – Natasha ParemskiTrumpet – Mike Allen

Wednesday 28 November 8pm

Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a theme by Thomas TallisShostakovich – Concerto for Trumpet & PianoIntervalDelius – The Walk to the Paradise GardenSibelius – Symphony No.5

“Today I saw 16 swans. One of the greatest experiences of my life. God, what beauty!” From that transcendent vision, Sibelius created the finale of his Fifth Symphony. It’s one of the greatest, but simplest tunes, ever written – and once you’ve heard it, you’ll never forget it. So it’s the ideal climax to a concert that glows with some of the most ravishing sounds in 20th Century music.

Vaughan Williams’ Tallis Fantasia reawakes the spirit of medieval England in music of profound stillness and soaring passion, and Frederick Delius takes a story of doomed love and drenches it in sunset colours. Under the acclaimed young Scottish conductor Rory Macdonald, it all adds up to a wonderfully indulgent evening with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. But it’s not all serenity: and with pianist Natasha Paremski and RPO trumpeter Mike Allen, Shostakovich’s zingy pre-war Concerto will go down like a shot of ice-cold vodka!


A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Ian Maclay, MD of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in conversation with Natasha Paremski.Natasha Paremski

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra


First things first! There’s something specially revealing about a fledgling composer stepping forward at the start of their career – and for a truly great interpreter, that makes for an irresistible challenge. That’s why Peter Donohoe has devised this captivating programme: a whole evening devoted to great composers’ Opus Ones.

Tchaikovsky snaps a couple of green sprigs from Russian folksong, Bartók pays a debt to Liszt, and an angry young Prokofiev throws his romantic toys right out of the pram.

Then Schumann borrows a coat from Chopin; Berg hurls a truly monumental challenge, and Johannes Brahms shows why Schumann said he’d “sprung fully armed, like Minerva, from the head of Zeus”.

Peter Donohoe brings a lifetime’s insight to each and every one of them – as well as the most breathtaking technique in the business. Youth meets experience: expect power, tenderness, and the perennially fresh touch of one of the supreme virtuosos of our time.


A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Helen Leek, University of Warwick piano tutor, talks with Peter Donohoe.

Piano Recital with Peter Donohoe

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Wednesday 16 January 8pm

Tchaikovsky – Scherzo a la Russe Opus 1 No.1Tchaikovsky – Intermezzo in E flat minor Opus 1 No.2Prokofiev – Sonata No.1 in F minor Opus 1Bartók – Rhapsody opus 1IntervalSchumann – Variationen uber den Namen Abegg in F Major Opus 1Berg – Sonata Opus 1Brahms – Sonata No1 in C major Opus 1

Peter Donohoe


The European Union Chamber Orchestra is an orchestra with the spirit of a string quartet – a crack team of superb young players, united by the sheer joy of making music together. And you can hear it in every note, with critics raving over their “warmth of sound, the elegance of phrasing and the razor-sharp focus of their ensemble”.

Tonight, they bring all their signature verve to a truly joyous programme: Grieg’s sunny mock-baroque suite, Elgar’s heartfelt Elegy, and a Haydn symphony fit for an empress. Then Henryk Górecki proves that 20th century music can be just as tuneful: if you’re one of the millions who fell in love with his Third Symphony, you’ll be bowled over by his atmospheric Three Pieces in Old Style.

And national treasure Tasmin Little joins the EUCO as first among equals in the teenage Mozart’s bubbly Fourth Violin Concerto. The music of friends.


A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Talk with members of the European Union Chamber Orchestra. Details to follow.

European Union Chamber Orchestra

Conductor – Hans-Peter HofmannViolin – Tasmin Little

Friday 25 January 8pm

Grieg – Holberg SuiteMozart – Violin Concerto No.4IntervalElgar – Elegy for StringsGórecki – Three Pieces in Old StyleHaydn – Symphony No.48 Maria Theresa

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Conductor – Andrew LittonPiano – Christian Ihle Hadland

Sunday 3 February 8pm

Delius – On the MountainGrieg – Piano ConcertoIntervalStrauss – Ein Heldenleben

Richard Strauss never did anything by halves. And at the dawn of the 20th century, when he wanted to tell the world how he felt he took a gigantic orchestra, super-sized melodies and enough music to fill a symphony – and called it “A Hero’s Life”. Ear-splitting battles, swaggering pride and dream-like beauty: it’s all in there, not forgetting one of the steamiest love-scenes in all music!

Hearing is believing, and under its charismatic music director Andrew Litton, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra definitely won’t hold back. And naturally, they’re also sharing two very special gifts from Norway. Grieg’s lovely Piano Concerto never gets any less popular; but there’ll be something particularly magical about hearing it played by one of Norway’s rising stars, accompanied by the orchestra that Grieg himself used to conduct. As for Delius’s On the Mountain, get ready for a wonderful discovery: a gorgeous musical landscape by a Bradford lad with Norway in his soul.

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A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick, in discussion with Ronal Vermeulen, Head of Programme for Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra


Conductor – Jacek KaspszykViolin – Agata Szymczewska

Tuesday 26 February 8pm

Bernstein – Candide OverturePenderecki – ChaconneGlass – Violin ConcertoIntervalMahler – Symphony No.5

At different ends of the 20th Century, two masters take classical tradition and make it dazzlingly new.

Mahler’s Fifth Symphony begins in terror and ends in triumph – but there’s a lifetime of emotion in between. From winter storms to dizzying waltzes and melting love-songs, it’s one of the most gripping experiences an orchestra, a conductor and an audience can share, and it’s a stirring finish to this kaleidoscope of a concert from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under former Music Director Jacek Kaspszyk.

Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto, meanwhile, weaves shimmering patterns into music of astonishing expressive power and beauty: a true modern classic, with a heart of pure song.

It’s an inspired showcase for the award-winning young Polish violinist Agata Szymczewska, and Kaspszyk and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra will bring a special intensity to Penderecki’s Chaconne. Bernstein’s Candide overture really gets things swinging!

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A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50),

C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Paul McGrath and Lucy Griffiths of the University of Warwick Music Centre talk about this evening’s concert.

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra


The masked stranger, the mysterious commission, the dying Mozart frantically composing as his life ebbed away… if you’ve seen the play or film Amadeus, you’ll know the legend behind Mozart’s Requiem.

But the reality is even more incredible – as music’s greatest genius comes to terms with the ultimate mystery of human existence, and finds sorrow, courage and deep compassion: then pours it all out in music of unforgettable beauty and power.

The University of Warwick’s own Chamber Choir, under Director of Music Paul McGrath, join English Chamber Orchestra for one of the high points of our season. First, though, McGrath and ECO celebrate the work of two of Mozart’s greatest 20th century fans. On the eve of the Second World War, Béla Bartók wrote a Divertimento that channelled the spirit of Mozart for an age of anxiety. Britten’s Simple Symphony reworks the tunes he hummed at school into a mini-masterpiece of irresistible freshness – tongue firmly in cheek.

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Conductor – Paul McGrathWarwick University Chamber Choir Soprano – Tinuke OlafimihanMezzo Soprano – Gaynor KeebleTenor – Nicholas SharrattBaritone – Nicholas Lester

Friday 14 March 8pm

Britten – Simple SymphonyBartók - DivertimentoIntervalMozart - Requiem


A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Paul McGrath and Lucy Griffiths of the University of Warwick Music Centre talk about tonight’s programme.


English Chamber Orchestra

Moscow, January 1945: and as Sergei Prokofiev waits, baton poised, to begin his new Fifth Symphony, every gun in Moscow thunders out in ear-splitting salute. Prokofiev’s Fifth was forged in the fires of war: a symphony of iron and steel, dedicated to “the greatness of the human spirit”. And from serene beginning to headlong finish, it’s still one of 20th Century music’s most thrilling adventures.

Vasily Petrenko has this music in his blood; already acclaimed for his gripping Shostakovich recordings, expect him to deliver some serious voltage at the climax of this all-Russian programme with the Philharmonia. But there’s love amongst the ruins, too, with Tchaikovsky’s hugely popular, supremely romantic First Piano Concerto – and no better soloist than the masterly Nikolai Lugansky, a pianist who combines old-school keyboard fireworks with truly poetic insights. Guns, roses, and epic emotions - Liadov’s magical tone-poem will feel like the calm before the storm.

Philharmonia OrchestraConductor – Vasily PetrenkoPiano – Nikolai Lugansky

Wednesday 24 April 8pm

Liadov – The Enchanted LakeTchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1IntervalProkofiev – Symphony No.5

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A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick, in discussion with Vasily Petrenko.

Philharmonia Orchestra


Maybe it’s the life-and-death brass playing; maybe it’s the raw intensity of the strings. Maybe it’s the fact that every single player puts body and soul into this music. But one thing’s for sure: once you’ve heard Tchaikovsky played by a Russian orchestra, everything else seems tame.

In the final concert of our season, we’re thrilled to welcome a true legend, conductor Pavel Kogan, in the greatest of all Russian symphonies. With its delirious highs and pitch- black despair, Tchaikovsky’s Sixth is

never less than overwhelming; but tonight’s performance should be in a class of its own. And that goes double for Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, performed tonight by Nina Kotova, a player born and bred in the great Russian tradition.

Two of Khachaturian’s most tuneful hits should whet the palate nicely – but trust us, when you hear the way Kogan and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra play them, you won’t be thinking of The Onedin Line.

Conductor – Pavel KoganCello – Nina Kotova

Wednesday 22 May 8pm

Khachaturian – Waltz from MasqueradeKhachaturian – Adagio from SpartacusShostakovich – Cello Concerto No.1IntervalTchaikovsky – Symphony No.6 Pathetique

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A: £36 (£34), B: £33.50 (£31.50), C: £29.50 (£28.50), D: £25 (£24), E: £18.50 (£17.50), F (Choir): £11.50


Pre-concert Talk

Conference Room 6.45pm. Tickets £2, Subscribers £1Paul McGrath and Lucy Griffiths of the University of Warwick Music Centre talk about tonight’s programme.

Moscow State Orchestra


Pavel Kogan

I FagioliniJohann Sebastian Bach - Jesu Meine FreudeDavid Lang - The Little Match Girl Passion

Director – Robert HollingworthPuppetry – Matthew RobinsProduced by Opera North projectsCreative Advisor – John Fulljames

Fri 21 Dec 7.30pmTheatre £19 (£17), £17 (£15). Under 26s £12

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In this unique seasonal concert, Gramophone Award-winning vocal ensemble, I Fagiolini, bring together one of JS Bach’s greatest motets, Jesu Meine Freude, with David Lang’s beautiful Little Match Girl Passion.

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s heart-breaking children’s story, Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning piece takes its inspiration from Bach’s St Matthew Passion, and is here animated with exquisite shadow puppetry by Matthew Robins. The two pieces are threaded together by delicate and evocative Christmas carols from Germany and Andersen’s native Denmark, to create an unusually poignant and beautiful yuletide concert.

“An irrepressible force in the early music world, bringing bags of style,

energy and dramatic excitement to everything they touch.” International

Record Review on I Fagiolini

“Silhouettes that have something of the deft wit of Picasso sketches.”

Michael Billington, The Guardian, on shadow-puppeteer Matthew Robins.

The Hilliard Ensemble & FretworkNew work by Nico Muhly, Gavin Bryars Cadman Requiem plus madrigals from Gibbons’ First Book of Madrigals and Motets

Voices - David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, Steven Harrold, Gordon Jones Viols - Liam Byrne, Asako Morikawa, Reiko Ichise, Richard Tunnicliffe, Richard Boothby

Tue 12 Feb 8pmButterworth Hall £19 (£17), £17 (£15). Under 26s £12

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Nico Muhly is one of today’s most interesting, eclectic & sought-after composers: a former boy chorister, he is as adept at writing for cathedral choirs as for Björk, for symphony orchestras as for films, such as The Reader and Joshua. It is a great coup for Fretwork and The Hilliard Ensemble to commission a new work from him, especially such a substantial one. He is taking the direction on Gibbons’s book of madrigals to heart: Apt for viols & voyces. Gavin Bryars has been much in the news recently with the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, owing to his iconic piece based on that tragedy. His response to another tragedy is the subject of his Cadman Requiem, which mourns the passing of his friend Bill Cadman on flight Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988.Orlando Gibbons’ First Book of Madrigals & Motets was published in 1612, contains the most famous, perfect and one of the shortest madrigals: The Silver Swan. The collection as a whole is a masterpiece of concision and expression, marking Gibbons out as one of England’s greatest composers.

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The Hilliard Ensemble


Chamber music has been called “the music of friends”. And for four decades as Quartet in Residence at the University of Warwick, the four extraordinary musicians of the Coull Quartet have explored every facet of human emotion. Their annual concert series is at the heart of the Warwick Arts Centre programme: concerts where the intimate becomes universal, secrets are shared, and everyone present is invited to experience the innermost feelings of some of the greatest minds in human history, in music of joy, sorrow and transcendent beauty. So join Roger Coull, Philip Gallaway, Rose Redgrave and Nicholas Roberts as they take timeless music and make it vibrantly new. They salute Benjamin Britten’s 100th birthday, and sample the wisdom that Beethoven, Haydn and Shostakovich distilled into their late quartets. They rediscover two Russian gems that should never have been forgotten. And they throw themselves truly madly and deeply into the Romantic world of Robert Schumann: the composer who dreamt of writing “the ideal music of the soul”. Refresh your soul this season with music’s most intimate experience.

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Roger Coull – ViolinPhilip Gallaway – ViolinRose Redgrave – ViolaNicholas Roberts – Cello

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Must It Be? Thu 22 November 7.15pmHelen Martin Studio Haydn – Quartet in G Op.77 No 1Shostakovich – Quartet No 12 in D flat Op.133Beethoven – Quartet in F Op.135 “Must it be?” wrote Ludwig van Beethoven over the last movement of his very last quartet. What follows might surprise you – as he answers his own question with a peal of laughter. But then, nothing is predictable in this concert of late masterpieces by composers whose spirit grew younger even as they grew older.

Haydn opens his penultimate quartet with a catchy march, Beethoven mixes deadpan wit with sublime tenderness, and in the year The Beatles released the White Album, Dmitri Shostakovich moves off in a startling new direction. Yet he’s never sounded more devastatingly like himself. Unforgettable. Pre-concert talk: Helen Martin Studio 6.15pm. Tickets £1

Russian Winter Thu 21 February 7.15pm Helen Martin Studio Shostakovich – Quartet No 11 in F minor Op.122Tchaikovsky – Quartet No 3 in E flat minor Op.30Glazunov – Prelude and Fugue in D minorHaydn – Quartet in F Op.77 No 2 They called him ‘Papa’, but there’s nothing pipe-and-slippers about Joseph Haydn’s final string quartet. Chamber music simply doesn’t get any more masterly – or entertaining. So there’s no better finish to a concert that begins with the life-and-death questions of Shostakovich’s 11th Quartet, before exploring two composers deeply embedded in Shostakovich’s musical DNA.

Shostakovich supplied his teacher Glazunov with black market vodka; tonight, find out what Glazunov gave him in return! Tchaikovsky’s Third Quartet, meanwhile, is a true lost masterpiece, bursting with all the melody, fantasy and passionate emotion you’d expect from the composer of the Pathétique symphony. You’ll wonder why you’ve never heard it before. Pre-concert talk: Helen Martin Studio 6.15pm. Tickets £1

A Nightingale Sings Thu 9 May 7.15pm Helen Martin Studio Haydn – Quartet in E flat Op.76 No 6Britten – Quartet No 1 in D Op.25Schumann – Quartet in F Op.41 No 2 “I’ve been composing so much that it seems uncanny” declared Robert Schumann. “I should like to sing myself to death, like a nightingale”. And in his Second Quartet, he sang his heart out, in music that bubbles over with freshness, warmth and the irresistible joie de vivre of a man in love.

Benjamin Britten unleashed the same energy in his bracing wartime First Quartet – every bit the work of a young genius let off the leash. It’s an exuberant start to the Coulls’ Britten birthday celebrations, and the perfect foil to the wit and wisdom of Haydn’s glorious late quartet. Pre-concert talk: Helen Martin Studio 6.15pm. Tickets £1

Death in Venice Wed 12 June 7.15pm Helen Martin Studio Haydn – Quartet in D Op.76 No 5Britten – Quartet No 3 Op.94Schumann – Quartet in A Op.41 No 3 Death in Venice… at the end of his life, Benjamin Britten turned Prospero, and dissolved his enchantments in the shimmering waters of his Third Quartet. He called its finale ‘La Serenissima’, and it’s hard to believe that such ravishing music was being written in the 1970s.

But hear it for yourself, at the still centre of an evening that opens with a glowing, sparkling surge of imagination from the 65 year old Haydn, and ends with the delirious lovesongs of Robert Schumann’s ardent Third Quartet. Young love, great conversation, and the biggest questions of all: the Coull Quartet proves, once again, that four players can say more than the mightiest orchestra. Pre-concert talk: Helen Martin Studio 6.15pm. Tickets £1

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CP = Car ParkFor Sat Nav our postcode is CV4 7AL


how to find usby car: On approaches to Coventry, simply follow the brown signs for Warwick Arts Centre. We are situated in the centre of the main campus of the University of Warwick. Once on the University of Warwick campus, head for car parks 6, 7 or 8.

by bus: Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth stop outside the Arts Centre. Centro Hotline: 024 7655 9559

by train: Services run regularly from Birmingham, Leicester and London to Coventry, a short taxi or bus ride away.

book by telephoneBox Office: 024 7652 4524(50p ticket booking fee applies)

box officeopening hours

mon-sat: 9.30am-9pmsun: 2pm - 8pm(50p ticket booking fee applies)

visit usWarwick Arts Centre, The University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL

this brochure is available in large print. Call 024 7652 4524

book online www.warwickartscentre.co.uk(50p ticket booking fee applies)

accessWe have been working on improving our access services:

Increased number of blue badge holder spaces on campus. Please consider fellow visitors - any non blue badge holders parking in a disabled bay may be clamped or fined.

Parking Stewards positioned at key drop off points; our Stewards will either wait with you whilst your driver parks the car, or will accompany you to the venue and wait inside with you.

If you have mobility issues and require any assistance simply call Box Office in advance. We will arrange for our one of our Stewards to bring a wheelchair to the car park and assist you to the Arts Centre.

For full access information visit our website or ask for a leaflet at Box Office. Though it is not essential, you are advised to book in advance so we can readily provide any assistance.

Disabled patrons may also bring a companion free of charge. Contact Box Office for details.

Spaces reserved in Car Park 7

Wheelchair access at ground level to Hall, Studio Theatre, Café Bar, Box Office, Cinema, Conference Room, Music Centre, Bookshop and Rise.

Lift access to Theatre, Theatre Bar, National Grid Room and Mead Gallery.

Guide dogs are welcomed and can be cared for during performances, by arrangement.

Receivers for our Sennheiser infra-red facility are freely available from Box Office. Toilet facilities accessible on all levels.

Experience the full flavour of the Arts Centre... and try Gusto Oven & Bar this season

Gusto has a warm, established atmosphere with friendly service which will make you feel right at home.

Passionate about our work, we serve a concert menu bursting with flavour; washed down with a well deserved glass of something cold, just in time for the show!

We look forward to welcoming you today.

Reservations: 024 7652 2900 or email [email protected]

For opening times and to see our menu visit www.gustoovenandbar.co.uk

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booking informationVisa, Mastercard, Delta, Maestro, Amex cards:We accept Visa, Mastercard, Delta, Maestro, Amex cards There is a 50p per ticket booking fee added to all tickets sold at Warwick Arts Centre, whether by phone, online or over the counter (excluding schools and groups of 9+).

reservations:Pay within 4 days, or 30 minutes before, whichever is sooner.

exchanging tickets:Tickets are not normally refundable. Tickets can be exchanged for another performance or for a credit voucher valid for 180 days. However, you must return your original tickets to the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (14 days for groups of 9+). There is an administration fee of 50p per ticket. Tickets purchased as part of a subscription or package deal cannot be exchanged for credit vouchers. The booking fee is not refunded. Any credit not used after 180 days have elapsed will go to the Warwick Arts Centre Development Fund.

postageWe charge 75p for posting your tickets to you at a UK billing address (if booked one week in advance otherwise we will hold them for collection at the Box Office on the day of performance).

pricingWarwick Arts Centre is committed to accessibility and aims to remain competitive with ticket prices. Please note that, on occasions, ticket prices are set by external promoters and we have no control over their value. Where we can, we offer a range of discounts. We are especially committed to access for young people.

discounts:Discounted tickets, where they are available, are shown in brackets and available to over 60s in full time retirement, recipients of job seekers allowance, full time students, Coventry Passport to Leisure holders and Rugby Leisure Pass holders.

schools:Call the Box Office for details of schools rates.

groupsOn selected events we offer a discounted rate for groups (price shown in brackets plus every 10th ticket FREE). No booking fee. Check Box Office for availability.

terms & conditionsAll tickets are sold according to our terms and conditions. Full terms & conditions and privacy policy can be found at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk or ask for a copy at Box Office.

All tickets, discounts and offers subject to availability. Unless otherwise stated, discounts and concessions cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other offers. Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to make occasional special ticket offers in addition to those listed here. Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to change programmes and artists without notice. Please contact the Box Office or check website for updated information, especially if travelling some distance.

DATA PROTECTIONWarwick Arts Centre is committed to upholding the Data Protection principles of good practice. When processing your booking (whether over the phone, in person or online) we will ask you for your name, address, email and telephone number. This is essential for non-cash bookings. We will also ask you if you would like to be kept informed about forthcoming events and campaigns at Warwick Arts Centre or other arts organisations. You can update your account online at any time at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

terms & conditionsfor subscription ticketsSubscription forms are not returnable.

Tickets may be exchanged for other concerts within the main series, but not for any other events.

Booking fees do not apply to subscription tickets.

We number booking forms in order received by the Box Office and subscriptions are processed in the order in which they are received, however, priority seating allocation is given to 10 and 9 Series Subscribers.

In the event of multiple subscribers choosing the same seats, priority will be given to those booking a higher number of concerts.

Although we endeavour to allocate subscribers the seats which they have requested we cannot guarantee this for all bookers.

Subscription tickets will be allocated from 28 June 2012.

We end our priority booking period on 28 June, however, subscription forms can be received after this date. Under 26s subscriptions are processed after 1 July and tickets are allocated on a best available basis, unless there is a special request to be seated near to another full-paying subscriber.

Subscription tickets will be posted to you from Mon 30 July 2012.

Individual booking opens on Mon 6 August 2012.

Any bookings by Subscribers for subsequent concerts in the 2012/13 Series are subject to the usual terms and conditions.

All information correct at time of going to press.

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Warwick Arts Centre is part of the University of Warwick. We gratefully acknowledge the following supporters:

Simon Yatesfor the Concert Series

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Cover illustration: Parenthesis. Words: Richard Bratby

Concert Series 2012/13

box office 024 7652 4524www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Wed 10 Oct 2012

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra – Wed 24 Oct 2012

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Wed 28 Nov 2012

A Recital with Peter Donohoe – Wed 16 Jan 2013

European Union Chamber Orchestra – Fri 25 Jan 2013

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra – Sun 3 Feb 2013

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra – Tue 26 Feb 2013

English Chamber Orchestra – Fri 14 Mar 2013

Philharmonia Orchestra – Wed 24 Apr 2013

Moscow State Symphony Orchestra – Wed 22 May 2013

concert series 2012/13

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