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Resident with Music in the Round, Ensemble 360 brings together eleven world-class musicians to form one versatile group; five string players, five wind players and a pianist.

Claudia Ajmone-Marsan VIOLIN / Naomi Atherton HORN / Juliette Bausor FLUTE / Judith Busbridge VIOLA / Laurène Durantel DOUBLE BASS / Amy Harman BASSOON / Tim Horton PIANO / Matthew Hunt CLARINET / Benjamin Nabarro VIOLIN / Gemma Rosefield CELLO Adrian Wilson OBOE

It has been an extraordinary year of wonderful concerts by Ensemble 360 and our visiting artists, topped off with our success at the annual Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. We are determined that there will be no slackening of the pace in our Autumn series.The Ensemble present wonderful concerts that, as ever, feature pillars of the repertoire (Brahms, Dvorak, Mendelssohn), celebrate anniversaries (Lutoslawki and Wagner), and embrace other composers that always demand to be heard (Weber, Barber, Poulenc and more). They will also be joined by the acclaimed author Marina Lewycka for a special exploration of why music is such a compelling international language.

There is much more. As Tim Horton continues his magnificent Beethoven Piano Sonata series, we are thrilled to launch a complete three-year cycle of the composer’s String Quartets with the Elias String Quartet – we welcome them home! Peter Hill presents a spellbinding recital programme that demonstrates precisely why his concerts are such a draw all over the word.

We are also delighted to introduce the Arcadia Quartet from Romania, winners of the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, and we round off the season with a Christmas concert that combines historic and living traditions. The superbly entertaining City Musick and The Festival of Village Carols will propel us headlong towards a great Sheffield Christmas.

Artistic Director

Ensemble 360 Music in the Round, 4th Floor, Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ Tel: 0114 281 4660 Fax: 0114 281 [email protected]

All details are correct at time of going to press. Music in the Round reserves the right to make alterations to the programme or artists if necessary.

Registered Charity No. 326811

Design by Susannah Swift Ltd 01306 640477 [email protected]

Printed by Axis Printing 01484 722 732

Ensemble 360 photography by Benjamin Ealovega 020 7610 9349

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Look out as well for a bumper season of concerts by and for young musicians, and for participation events for enthusiasts of all ages – personally I can’t wait for Paul Rissmann’s Stan and Mabel with the full Ensemble 360 team and the ‘Lads, Dads and Grandads’ vocal workshop! Though we say it ourselves, these imaginatively conceived activities are a perfect demonstration of why our Music in the Community programme is envied and admired by music presenters and audiences throughout the country.


Resident with Music in the Round, Ensemble 360 brings together eleven world-class musicians to form one versatile group; five string players, five wind players and a pianist.

Claudia Ajmone-Marsan VIOLIN / Naomi Atherton HORN / Juliette Bausor FLUTE / Judith Busbridge VIOLA / Laurène Durantel DOUBLE BASS / Amy Harman BASSOON / Tim Horton PIANO / Matthew Hunt CLARINET / Benjamin Nabarro VIOLIN / Gemma Rosefield CELLO Adrian Wilson OBOE

It has been an extraordinary year of wonderful concerts by Ensemble 360 and our visiting artists, topped off with our success at the annual Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. We are determined that there will be no slackening of the pace in our Autumn series.The Ensemble present wonderful concerts that, as ever, feature pillars of the repertoire (Brahms, Dvorak, Mendelssohn), celebrate anniversaries (Lutoslawki and Wagner), and embrace other composers that always demand to be heard (Weber, Barber, Poulenc and more). They will also be joined by the acclaimed author Marina Lewycka for a special exploration of why music is such a compelling international language.

There is much more. As Tim Horton continues his magnificent Beethoven Piano Sonata series, we are thrilled to launch a complete three-year cycle of the composer’s String Quartets with the Elias String Quartet – we welcome them home! Peter Hill presents a spellbinding recital programme that demonstrates precisely why his concerts are such a draw all over the word.

We are also delighted to introduce the Arcadia Quartet from Romania, winners of the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, and we round off the season with a Christmas concert that combines historic and living traditions. The superbly entertaining City Musick and The Festival of Village Carols will propel us headlong towards a great Sheffield Christmas.

Artistic Director

Ensemble 360 Music in the Round, 4th Floor, Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ Tel: 0114 281 4660 Fax: 0114 281 [email protected]

All details are correct at time of going to press. Music in the Round reserves the right to make alterations to the programme or artists if necessary.

Registered Charity No. 326811

Design by Susannah Swift Ltd 01306 640477 [email protected]

Printed by Axis Printing 01484 722 732

Ensemble 360 photography by Benjamin Ealovega 020 7610 9349

2.WElcome

Look out as well for a bumper season of concerts by and for young musicians, and for participation events for enthusiasts of all ages – personally I can’t wait for Paul Rissmann’s Stan and Mabel with the full Ensemble 360 team and the ‘Lads, Dads and Grandads’ vocal workshop! Though we say it ourselves, these imaginatively conceived activities are a perfect demonstration of why our Music in the Community programme is envied and admired by music presenters and audiences throughout the country.

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Ticket Offers£5 Tickets for First Time Bookers If you’ve never been to one of our concerts before then you can enjoy your first performance for just £5 (events not in the Crucible Studio Theatre are subject to an additional 10% booking fee). A maximum of two tickets can be purchased per household. Offer only available in person or by phone through the Sheffield Theatres box office.

Please note that £5 tickets are not available for the Sheffield Jazz Zoe Rahman Trio concert.

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Please note that £5 tickets are not available for the Sheffield Jazz Zoe Rahman Trio concert. Family Tickets Family groups of four (to include at least two under 18s) can save 10% on tickets. In advance only.

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The Zoe Rahman Trio and Lads, Dads and Grandads at the Crucible Studio and Stan and Mabel at the Octagon cannot be included in any of the subscriptions.

Sheffield ConcertsAutumn2013 If you’re interested in attending one of our concerts but are unsure

which one to choose then help is at hand!

We’ve asked the audience members on our Friends scheme to vote for the three pieces in the series they are most looking forward to hearing and Adrian Wilson from Ensemble 360 what piece he is most looking forward to performing. The four recommendations are listed in the brochure with a beside them.

The winning pieces are:

Audience recommendationsWAGNER Siegfried Idyll – see page 6BEETHOVEN Quartet in A minor Op.132 – see page 14BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2 – see page 18

Ensemble 360 recommendation BRITTEN Temporal Variations – see page 10

You can listen to these and other pieces featured in our concert programmes via Spotify. It’s free to use and although it’s no substitute to hearing the music live, it does provide a useful introduction to the music in our series. Links to the music can be found on the concert event pages on our website: www.musicintheround.co.uk

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Music in the Round has won the coveted Chamber Music and Song Award at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. Presented in association with BBC Radio 3, the RPS Music Awards are the highest recognition for live classical music in the United Kingdom.

The award citation read: “Music in the Round is a week-by-week, year-round festival of chamber music based in Sheffield, which works indefatigably to create imaginative and eclectic programming and excellence in performance. Reaching a wide range of regional venues and audiences, it provides an exemplary model of working and continues to draw inspiration from its versatile resident ensemble, Ensemble 360.”

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Audience Recommendation “Wagner: Can you imagine a more romantic present for your beloved than this? Cosima being woken up early on Christmas morning by the strains of this Idyll, played by musicians lined up on the stairs, having been secretly let into her home. Both the concept and the sound are just beautiful!”

Thursday 10 October, 7.30pm Ensemble 360Crucible Studio LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bassWAGNER Siegfried Idyll for string quintet & wind quintetBRAHMS Serenade in D Op.11 for string quintet & wind quintet This concert includes a rare opportunity to hear Brahms’s beautiful Serenade Op.11 as it was originally conceived, for ten instruments, before he reworked it for orchestra. Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll must be one of the most exquisite musical gifts ever composed: it was first performed on the stairs of Wagner’s house on Christmas morning 1869, as a birthday present for his wife Cosima. Lutoslawski’s ebullient Dance Preludes are inspired by the folk music of Poland. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

* A transaction fee applies to all bookings made at the Box Office (excluding cash) of £1.50 (£1.00 to online bookings)


Music in the Round has won the coveted Chamber Music and Song Award at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. Presented in association with BBC Radio 3, the RPS Music Awards are the highest recognition for live classical music in the United Kingdom.

The award citation read: “Music in the Round is a week-by-week, year-round festival of chamber music based in Sheffield, which works indefatigably to create imaginative and eclectic programming and excellence in performance. Reaching a wide range of regional venues and audiences, it provides an exemplary model of working and continues to draw inspiration from its versatile resident ensemble, Ensemble 360.”

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Audience Recommendation “Wagner: Can you imagine a more romantic present for your beloved than this? Cosima being woken up early on Christmas morning by the strains of this Idyll, played by musicians lined up on the stairs, having been secretly let into her home. Both the concept and the sound are just beautiful!”

Thursday 10 October, 7.30pm Ensemble 360Crucible Studio LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bassWAGNER Siegfried Idyll for string quintet & wind quintetBRAHMS Serenade in D Op.11 for string quintet & wind quintet This concert includes a rare opportunity to hear Brahms’s beautiful Serenade Op.11 as it was originally conceived, for ten instruments, before he reworked it for orchestra. Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll must be one of the most exquisite musical gifts ever composed: it was first performed on the stairs of Wagner’s house on Christmas morning 1869, as a birthday present for his wife Cosima. Lutoslawski’s ebullient Dance Preludes are inspired by the folk music of Poland. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students




Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm Ensemble 360 & Marina LewyckaConversation PiecesCrucible Studio BACH Sonata in E flat BWV1031 for oboe and continuo PROKOFIEV Five Mélodies Op.35bis for violin and piano POULENC Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano SZYMANOWSKI Nocturne and Tarantella for violin and piano CHOPIN Piano Trio in G minor Op.8 Ensemble 360 play a sequence of pieces that touch on the family background and musical experiences of one of the UK’s favourite novelists, Marina Lewycka. During the concert, ensemble members will discuss with Marina the importance of her Ukrainian heritage and exchange thoughts on the nature of performing and listening to chamber music. Ranging across three centuries, the music in tonight’s programme moves from the elegance of Bach to the liveliness of Poulenc’s Trio, and the Romantic yearning of Chopin’s early Piano Trio. Prokofiev’s Five Mélodies began as wordless songs for the Ukrainian soprano Nina Koshetz, but Prokofiev quickly made a virtuoso arrangement of them for the Polish violinist Paul Kochanski.

Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

Part of Off the Shelf Festival of Wordswww.offtheshelf.org.uk

Friday 18 October, 12.45pmEnsemble 360Crucible Studio BARBER Cello Sonata Op.6 CHOPIN Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Op.3 MENDELSSOHN Sonata in D Op.58 A programme of passionate and flamboyant music for cello and piano; the pieces by Chopin and Mendelssohn date from the 1830s and 40s, and Samuel Barber’s Cello Sonata is one of his first major works, composed in 1932 while he was still a student. Written four years before his famous Adagio for Strings, it demonstrates his fresh and refined kind of American Romanticism. Tickets*: £11 / £7.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


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After the concert Marina Lewycka will be available to sign books in the foyer.



Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm Ensemble 360 & Marina LewyckaConversation PiecesCrucible Studio BACH Sonata in E flat BWV1031 for oboe and continuo PROKOFIEV Five Mélodies Op.35bis for violin and piano POULENC Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano SZYMANOWSKI Nocturne and Tarantella for violin and piano CHOPIN Piano Trio in G minor Op.8 Ensemble 360 play a sequence of pieces that touch on the family background and musical experiences of one of the UK’s favourite novelists, Marina Lewycka. During the concert, ensemble members will discuss with Marina the importance of her Ukrainian heritage and exchange thoughts on the nature of performing and listening to chamber music. Ranging across three centuries, the music in tonight’s programme moves from the elegance of Bach to the liveliness of Poulenc’s Trio, and the Romantic yearning of Chopin’s early Piano Trio. Prokofiev’s Five Mélodies began as wordless songs for the Ukrainian soprano Nina Koshetz, but Prokofiev quickly made a virtuoso arrangement of them for the Polish violinist Paul Kochanski.



Friday 18 October, 12.45pmEnsemble 360Crucible Studio BARBER Cello Sonata Op.6 CHOPIN Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Op.3 MENDELSSOHN Sonata in D Op.58 A programme of passionate and flamboyant music for cello and piano; the pieces by Chopin and Mendelssohn date from the 1830s and 40s, and Samuel Barber’s Cello Sonata is one of his first major works, composed in 1932 while he was still a student. Written four years before his famous Adagio for Strings, it demonstrates his fresh and refined kind of American Romanticism. Tickets*: £11 / £7.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


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After the concert Marina Lewycka will be available to sign books in the foyer.Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.

Saturday 19 October, 11.30am, 12.45pm & 2pmMusic Box: Giraffes Can’t DanceCrucible Studio 11.30am: 3–4 year olds12.45pm: 5–6 year olds2pm: 3–6 year olds

Join workshop leader Polly Ives and Ensemble 360’s Tim Horton (piano) Gemma Rosefield (cello) and Adrian Wilson (oboe), for a forty-five-minute workshop exploring songs and dances based on the well-loved book Giraffes Can’t Dance, written by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker Rees and with music specially composed by Paul Rissmann.

Spaces are limited – book early to avoid disappointment. For more information contact Fraser on 0114 281 4660 or [email protected]

Book tickets online at www.musicintheround.co.uk

Tickets: Participating Children £6 / Accompanying Adults Free

With funding from the Andrew McEwan Fund, Lindsay Foundation and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Part of the Family Arts Festival

Tuesday 22 October, 12.45pmEnsemble 360 Upper Chapel BRITTEN Temporal Variations for oboe and pianoSAINT-SAËNS Romance in F Op.36 for horn and pianoCHOPIN Nocturne Op.62 No.2HERZOGENBERG Trio in D Op.61 for oboe, horn and piano

Britten wrote several pieces for the oboe and the Temporal Variations – often dark and spiky – were composed in 1936, when Europe was fast approaching war. Saint-Saëns wrote his Romance in 1874. Rather than showing off the instrument, it’s an elegant “song without words”, as is Chopin’s Nocturne. Heinrich von Herzogenberg was a friend of Brahms and his Trio is both rustic and delightful.

Tickets*: £11 / £7.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

* All tickets booked for Upper Chapel concerts are subject to a 10% transaction fee on all payment methods. Online bookings are subject to an additional £1 booking fee.

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Musician’s Recommendation. Adrian Wilson, Oboe. “Britten’s pacifist views were well known and his personal fear of the impending rise to power of the Nazis is very much in evidence in his Temporal Variations. It’s such a powerfully declamatory work from a composer who was still only in his early twenties.”


Saturday 19 October, 11.30am, 12.45pm & 2pmMusic Box: Giraffes Can’t DanceCrucible Studio 11.30am: 3–4 year olds12.45pm: 5–6 year olds2pm: 3–6 year olds

Join workshop leader Polly Ives and Ensemble 360’s Tim Horton (piano) Gemma Rosefield (cello) and Adrian Wilson (oboe), for a forty-five-minute workshop exploring songs and dances based on the well-loved book Giraffes Can’t Dance, written by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Guy Parker Rees and with music specially composed by Paul Rissmann.

Spaces are limited – book early to avoid disappointment. For more information contact Fraser on 0114 281 4660 or [email protected]

Book tickets online at www.musicintheround.co.uk

Tickets: Participating Children £6 / Accompanying Adults Free

With funding from the Andrew McEwan Fund, Lindsay Foundation and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust


Tuesday 22 October, 12.45pmEnsemble 360 Upper Chapel BRITTEN Temporal Variations for oboe and pianoSAINT-SAËNS Romance in F Op.36 for horn and pianoCHOPIN Nocturne Op.62 No.2HERZOGENBERG Trio in D Op.61 for oboe, horn and piano

Britten wrote several pieces for the oboe and the Temporal Variations – often dark and spiky – were composed in 1936, when Europe was fast approaching war. Saint-Saëns wrote his Romance in 1874. Rather than showing off the instrument, it’s an elegant “song without words”, as is Chopin’s Nocturne. Heinrich von Herzogenberg was a friend of Brahms and his Trio is both rustic and delightful.

Tickets*: £11 / £7.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


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Musician’s Recommendation. Adrian Wilson, Oboe. “Britten’s pacifist views were well known and his personal fear of the impending rise to power of the Nazis is very much in evidence in his Temporal Variations. It’s such a powerfully declamatory work from a composer who was still only in his early twenties.”Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.

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Alex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise “Hill’s major achievement to date is his epic survey of the complete piano music of Messiaen…no pianist in my experience has gone deeper into Messiaen’s world.”

Monday 28 October, 11am & 1.30pmStan and Mabel pre-concert Family Workshop Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre Session 1: 11am – 12.30pm Session 2: 1.30pm – 3pm Join Polly Ives and Ensemble 360’s Matthew Hunt (clarinet) and Tim Horton (piano) for a family workshop introducing the songs, actions and story in the brilliant new commission Stan and Mabel (written and illustrated by Jason Chapman and composed by Paul Rissmann) before coming to the family concert in December (see page 22). If you play an instrument, bring it along for the mass orchestra piece – spare instruments will be available! Suitable for age 5+ For more information contact Fraser on [email protected] or 0114 281 4660. Book tickets online at www.musicintheround.co.uk

Tickets: £6

With funding from the Andrew McEwan fund and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust


Saturday 2 November, 7.30pmPeter Hill PIANOUpper Chapel BACH Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1MESSIAEN La Colombe (Dove) from PréludesMESSIAEN Le Traquet Stapazin (Black-eared wheatear) from Catalogue d’oiseauxBERG Sonata Op.1BACH Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1SCHOENBERG Six Little Pieces Op.19MESSIAEN/HILL: La Fauvette Passerinette (Subalpine warbler), 1961/2013 WORLD PREMIÈREMESSIAEN: L’Alouette Lulu (Woodlark) from Catalogue d’oiseaux Works by four of music’s greatest innovators are included in Peter Hill’s recital that combines old and new: Preludes and Fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier – the first collection of piano pieces in all twenty-four keys – to the move away from conventional harmony in Berg’s early Piano Sonata and taken still further in Schoenberg’s astonishing series of miniatures. The concert also features pieces by Messiaen based upon birdsong, including the world première of La Fauvette Passerinette, recently completed by Peter Hill from Messiaen’s original manuscript now housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

*All tickets booked for Upper Chapel concerts are subject to a 10% transaction fee on all payment methods. Online bookings are subject to an additional £1 booking fee.

Saturday 19 October, 4pmPeter Hill Lecture Crucible Studio Peter Hill, internationally renowned pianist and Messiaen expert, recently completed one of Messiaen’s previously unheard works, La Fauvette Passerinette, from its original manuscript. Peter talks about the discovery and the process of completion in this forty-five-minute lecture. Tickets*: £5 / £3 Under 18s & Students

*A transaction fee applies to all bookings made at the Box Office (excluding cash) of £1.50 (£1.00 to online bookings)

This concert will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3


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Alex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise “Hill’s major achievement to date is his epic survey of the complete piano music of Messiaen…no pianist in my experience has gone deeper into Messiaen’s world.”

Monday 28 October, 11am & 1.30pmStan and Mabel pre-concert Family Workshop Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre Session 1: 11am – 12.30pm Session 2: 1.30pm – 3pm Join Polly Ives and Ensemble 360’s Matthew Hunt (clarinet) and Tim Horton (piano) for a family workshop introducing the songs, actions and story in the brilliant new commission Stan and Mabel (written and illustrated by Jason Chapman and composed by Paul Rissmann) before coming to the family concert in December (see page 22). If you play an instrument, bring it along for the mass orchestra piece – spare instruments will be available! Suitable for age 5+ For more information contact Fraser on [email protected] or 0114 281 4660. Book tickets online at www.musicintheround.co.uk

Tickets: £6

With funding from the Andrew McEwan fund and Mayfield Valley Arts Trust


Saturday 2 November, 7.30pmPeter Hill PIANOUpper Chapel BACH Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1MESSIAEN La Colombe (Dove) from PréludesMESSIAEN Le Traquet Stapazin (Black-eared wheatear) from Catalogue d’oiseauxBERG Sonata Op.1BACH Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1SCHOENBERG Six Little Pieces Op.19MESSIAEN/HILL: La Fauvette Passerinette (Subalpine warbler), 1961/2013 WORLD PREMIÈREMESSIAEN: L’Alouette Lulu (Woodlark) from Catalogue d’oiseaux Works by four of music’s greatest innovators are included in Peter Hill’s recital that combines old and new: Preludes and Fugues from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier – the first collection of piano pieces in all twenty-four keys – to the move away from conventional harmony in Berg’s early Piano Sonata and taken still further in Schoenberg’s astonishing series of miniatures. The concert also features pieces by Messiaen based upon birdsong, including the world première of La Fauvette Passerinette, recently completed by Peter Hill from Messiaen’s original manuscript now housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

*All tickets booked for Upper Chapel concerts are subject to a 10% transaction fee on all payment methods. Online bookings are subject to an additional £1 booking fee.

Saturday 19 October, 4pmPeter Hill Lecture Crucible Studio Peter Hill, internationally renowned pianist and Messiaen expert, recently completed one of Messiaen’s previously unheard works, La Fauvette Passerinette, from its original manuscript. Peter talks about the discovery and the process of completion in this forty-five-minute lecture. Tickets*: £5 / £3 Under 18s & Students


This concert will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.

Thursday 7 November, 12.45pmEnsemble 360 Upper Chapel MOZART Trio in F K13 for flute, cello and pianoVILLA-LOBOS Jet Whistle for flute and cello WEBER Trio Op.63 for flute, cello and piano Flute, cello and piano come together in a programme of music by the child Mozart, Weber –another child prodigy related to Mozart by marriage – and Brazil’s most important composer, Villa-Lobos. Mozart wrote his delightful Trio in F when he was only eight years old, during a visit to London in 1764. Weber’s Trio is from later in his short career; its elegant charm is very different from the Gothic drama of his operas. Villa-Lobos was a prolific composer with deep roots in Brazilian folklore and a brilliant experimenter: Jet Whistle is the effect used in the piece that conjures up the sound of a plane flying overhead. Tickets*: £11 / £7.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students



14.Friday 15 November, 7.30pm Elias String Quartet Upper Chapel BEETHOVENQuartet in F Op.18 No.1Quintet in C Op.29Quartet in A minor Op.132 The Elias Quartet returns to Sheffield for the first in a series of six concerts featuring all of Beethoven’s String Quartets.

This programme is a magnificent celebration of Beethoven that embraces both the beginning and the end of his career. The early Op.18 No.1 has a slow movement evoking the tomb scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, while the String Quintet Op.29, with its exciting finale, dates from the same period. Op.132 is one of his most profound late quartets. At its heart lies the deeply moving ‘Heilige Dankgesang’ (‘Holy Song of Thanksgiving’), framed by four shorter movements, an inspiration to T.S. Eliot for his Four Quartets.

Post-concert Q&A - Your chance to ask questions to the Elias Quartet.


www.beethovenproject.co.uk

Sara Bitlloch VIOLINDonald Grant VIOLINMartin Saving VIOLAMarie Bitlloch CELLOWith: Malin Broman VIOLA

Audience Recommendation “’Feeling new strength’ it says at one point in the score of Beethoven’s Op 132 quartet - exactly what a performance can do for the listener.”


Thursday 7 November, 12.45pmEnsemble 360 Upper Chapel MOZART Trio in F K13 for flute, cello and pianoVILLA-LOBOS Jet Whistle for flute and cello WEBER Trio Op.63 for flute, cello and piano Flute, cello and piano come together in a programme of music by the child Mozart, Weber –another child prodigy related to Mozart by marriage – and Brazil’s most important composer, Villa-Lobos. Mozart wrote his delightful Trio in F when he was only eight years old, during a visit to London in 1764. Weber’s Trio is from later in his short career; its elegant charm is very different from the Gothic drama of his operas. Villa-Lobos was a prolific composer with deep roots in Brazilian folklore and a brilliant experimenter: Jet Whistle is the effect used in the piece that conjures up the sound of a plane flying overhead. Tickets*: £11 / £7.50 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students



14.Friday 15 November, 7.30pm Elias String Quartet Upper Chapel BEETHOVENQuartet in F Op.18 No.1Quintet in C Op.29Quartet in A minor Op.132 The Elias Quartet returns to Sheffield for the first in a series of six concerts featuring all of Beethoven’s String Quartets.

This programme is a magnificent celebration of Beethoven that embraces both the beginning and the end of his career. The early Op.18 No.1 has a slow movement evoking the tomb scene from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, while the String Quintet Op.29, with its exciting finale, dates from the same period. Op.132 is one of his most profound late quartets. At its heart lies the deeply moving ‘Heilige Dankgesang’ (‘Holy Song of Thanksgiving’), framed by four shorter movements, an inspiration to T.S. Eliot for his Four Quartets.

Post-concert Q&A - Your chance to ask questions to the Elias Quartet.


www.beethovenproject.co.uk

Sara Bitlloch VIOLINDonald Grant VIOLINMartin Saving VIOLAMarie Bitlloch CELLOWith: Malin Broman VIOLA

Audience Recommendation “’Feeling new strength’ it says at one point in the score of Beethoven’s Op 132 quartet - exactly what a performance can do for the listener.” Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.

16.Friday 29 November, 7.30pmZoe Rahman TrioCrucible Studio Zoe Rahman PIANOGene Calderazzo DRUMSAlec Dankworth DOUBLE BASS Having played sell-out shows with her latest album Kindred Spirits, British jazz pianist and composer Zoe Rahman won Best Jazz Act 2012 at the UK’s prestigious MOBO Awards. Deeply rooted in jazz, Zoe’s music reflects her wide-ranging imagination, classical background and very broad musical taste, and tonight’s performance includes music from Kindred Spirits alongside new material performed by her highly acclaimed trio that features bassist Alec Dankworth and drummer Gene Calderazzo. Known for her individual style, powerful technique and exuberant performance, Zoe is a highly sought-after musician, working with the likes of George Mraz, Courtney Pine and Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra. Her 2006 album, Melting Pot, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and her critically acclaimed Where Rivers Meet found her and her brother Idris Rahman exploring the music of their Bengali heritage in a brilliant fusion of jazz and world music. Tickets*: £15 / £12 Senior Citizens, Unemployed & Students / £3 Under 16s


Saturday 30 November, 7.30pm Arcadia String Quartet Crucible Studio HAYDN Quartet in D Op.76 No.5JANÁČEK Quartet No.1 Kreutzer SonataADRIAN POP La seda y el metalDEBUSSY Quartet in G minor Op.10 Winners of the 2012 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the Romanian Arcadia Quartet, perform quartets from Eastern and Western Europe in a programme that ranges over more than two centuries of music, from one of Haydn’s last quartets, composed in 1797, to a work by the Romanian composer Adrian Pop written in 2011. Janáček’s breathtaking Kreutzer Sonata took its inspiration from a bloodthirsty short story by Tolstoy, while Debussy’s only string quartet is one of his most impassioned and beautiful early works. In partnership with the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


This concert is dedicated to the memory of ‘Scilla Thornton, a founding member and committed supporter of Music in the Round

Răsvan Dumitru VIOLINAna Török VIOLINTraian Boală VIOLAZsolt Török CELLO

A Sheffield Jazz concert


16.Friday 29 November, 7.30pmZoe Rahman TrioCrucible Studio Zoe Rahman PIANOGene Calderazzo DRUMSAlec Dankworth DOUBLE BASS Having played sell-out shows with her latest album Kindred Spirits, British jazz pianist and composer Zoe Rahman won Best Jazz Act 2012 at the UK’s prestigious MOBO Awards. Deeply rooted in jazz, Zoe’s music reflects her wide-ranging imagination, classical background and very broad musical taste, and tonight’s performance includes music from Kindred Spirits alongside new material performed by her highly acclaimed trio that features bassist Alec Dankworth and drummer Gene Calderazzo. Known for her individual style, powerful technique and exuberant performance, Zoe is a highly sought-after musician, working with the likes of George Mraz, Courtney Pine and Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra. Her 2006 album, Melting Pot, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and her critically acclaimed Where Rivers Meet found her and her brother Idris Rahman exploring the music of their Bengali heritage in a brilliant fusion of jazz and world music. Tickets*: £15 / £12 Senior Citizens, Unemployed & Students / £3 Under 16s


Saturday 30 November, 7.30pm Arcadia String Quartet Crucible Studio HAYDN Quartet in D Op.76 No.5JANÁČEK Quartet No.1 Kreutzer SonataADRIAN POP La seda y el metalDEBUSSY Quartet in G minor Op.10 Winners of the 2012 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the Romanian Arcadia Quartet, perform quartets from Eastern and Western Europe in a programme that ranges over more than two centuries of music, from one of Haydn’s last quartets, composed in 1797, to a work by the Romanian composer Adrian Pop written in 2011. Janáček’s breathtaking Kreutzer Sonata took its inspiration from a bloodthirsty short story by Tolstoy, while Debussy’s only string quartet is one of his most impassioned and beautiful early works. In partnership with the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


This concert is dedicated to the memory of ‘Scilla Thornton, a founding member and committed supporter of Music in the Round

Răsvan Dumitru VIOLINAna Török VIOLINTraian Boală VIOLAZsolt Török CELLO

A Sheffield Jazz concertPlease purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.

Tuesday 3 December, 7.30pm Tim Horton PIANOCrucible Studio BEETHOVENSonata in C minor Op.10 No.1 Sonata in D Op.10 No.3 Sonata in F Op.10 No.2 Sonata in C Op.53 Waldstein Tim Horton continues his survey of Beethoven’s majestic piano sonatas with the set of three dedicated to the Countess von Browne. So delighted was her husband by the pieces that he gave Beethoven a horse – a gift the composer forgot about until the first feed bill arrived. The Waldstein Sonata was dedicated to the man who had arranged for Beethoven to study with Haydn, and the result is an astonishingly inventive masterpiece. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

Thursday 5 December, 6pmSheffield Young Singers Crucible Studio Sheffield Young Singers welcome you to a forty-five-minute feast of festive music, ranging from highlights of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols via contemporary Christmas repertoire to well-loved seasonal favourites. Directed by Helen Cowen and accompanied by young pianist Amy Chang, we promise you an uplifting concert to set the Christmas season off in style. For more information about Sheffield Young Singers visit the website www.sheffieldyoungsingers.org.uk Tickets*: £6 / £3 Under 18s & Students


18.Thursday 5 December, 7.30pmEnsemble 360Crucible Studio BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Op.81 This programme brings together two great chamber works from the later part of the nineteenth century written by two friends: Brahms’s melancholy and expressive Quartet in A minor was one of a pair written in the summer of 1873 after he had destroyed many earlier attempts to write a string quartet. The last movement is based on a traditional Hungarian folk dance. Dvořák’s wonderfully melodic Piano Quintet of 1887 also draws on folk music, particularly in the sparkling third movement. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

Sponsored by MCRG Ltd.


Audience Recommendation “Brahms’s string quartet is one the composer’s finest creations. The energy of the first movement sets the tone for the rest of the piece as fragments of it are incorporated throughout until the Finale gently fades away.”


Tuesday 3 December, 7.30pm Tim Horton PIANOCrucible Studio BEETHOVENSonata in C minor Op.10 No.1 Sonata in D Op.10 No.3 Sonata in F Op.10 No.2 Sonata in C Op.53 Waldstein Tim Horton continues his survey of Beethoven’s majestic piano sonatas with the set of three dedicated to the Countess von Browne. So delighted was her husband by the pieces that he gave Beethoven a horse – a gift the composer forgot about until the first feed bill arrived. The Waldstein Sonata was dedicated to the man who had arranged for Beethoven to study with Haydn, and the result is an astonishingly inventive masterpiece. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

Thursday 5 December, 6pmSheffield Young Singers Crucible Studio Sheffield Young Singers welcome you to a forty-five-minute feast of festive music, ranging from highlights of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols via contemporary Christmas repertoire to well-loved seasonal favourites. Directed by Helen Cowen and accompanied by young pianist Amy Chang, we promise you an uplifting concert to set the Christmas season off in style. For more information about Sheffield Young Singers visit the website www.sheffieldyoungsingers.org.uk Tickets*: £6 / £3 Under 18s & Students


18.Thursday 5 December, 7.30pmEnsemble 360Crucible Studio BRAHMS String Quartet in A minor Op.51 No.2DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Op.81 This programme brings together two great chamber works from the later part of the nineteenth century written by two friends: Brahms’s melancholy and expressive Quartet in A minor was one of a pair written in the summer of 1873 after he had destroyed many earlier attempts to write a string quartet. The last movement is based on a traditional Hungarian folk dance. Dvořák’s wonderfully melodic Piano Quintet of 1887 also draws on folk music, particularly in the sparkling third movement. Tickets*: £16.50 / £11 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students

Sponsored by MCRG Ltd.


Audience Recommendation “Brahms’s string quartet is one the composer’s finest creations. The energy of the first movement sets the tone for the rest of the piece as fragments of it are incorporated throughout until the Finale gently fades away.”Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark.

Friday 6 December, 10am – 4pmString MasterclassFor 11 – 18 year-oldsCrucible Studio Violinist Rebecca Thompson leads a masterclass for young string players, of Grade 5+ standard, from across South Yorkshire. Participants perform, receive feedback and encouragement on their performance, and get the chance to listen to and learn from fellow performers.

Rebecca was inspired to play by her granny Nancy Elderkin who had played violin in the local cinema orchestra. She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eli Goren and in Chicago with Schmuel Ashkenazi and then began playing with many orchestras across the UK. She is currently a member of Manchester Camerata and Northern Chamber Orchestra and has previously performed alongside Meatloaf and George Michael. Rebecca has always had a passion for teaching and is currently the Artistic Director of the In Harmony project based in Telford and Stoke, inspired by the El Sistema model of Venezuela.

Take part! Places are free. To apply or for more information contact Fraser on [email protected] or 0114 281 4660

Come and listen! Support these young musicians for free at any point during the day. Tickets are available from the Sheffield Theatres Box Office in advance and on the day.

With funding from Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and the Lindsay Foundation


Saturday 7 December 10am – 1pm Lads, Dads and Grandads Crucible Studio Matthew Beckingham leads a vocal workshop for lads (age 8+), dads and grandads exploring a range of accessible and inspiring warm-ups and repertoire spanning the centuries.

Matt Beckingham enjoys an active career as orchestrator, conductor, and animateur. His works have been played in major concert venues throughout the country and abroad, and he has conducted and led workshops in Ukraine, Poland, Holland, Spain, Italy & Hungary. He has led workshops in the UK for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sing Up! and the Sage Gateshead.

Ideal for any men with an enthusiasm for singing!

For more information contact Fraser on 0114 281 4660 or [email protected]

Tickets*: £15 / £10 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


With funding from the Lindsay Foundation

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Friday 6 December, 10am – 4pmString MasterclassFor 11 – 18 year-oldsCrucible Studio Violinist Rebecca Thompson leads a masterclass for young string players, of Grade 5+ standard, from across South Yorkshire. Participants perform, receive feedback and encouragement on their performance, and get the chance to listen to and learn from fellow performers.

Rebecca was inspired to play by her granny Nancy Elderkin who had played violin in the local cinema orchestra. She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Eli Goren and in Chicago with Schmuel Ashkenazi and then began playing with many orchestras across the UK. She is currently a member of Manchester Camerata and Northern Chamber Orchestra and has previously performed alongside Meatloaf and George Michael. Rebecca has always had a passion for teaching and is currently the Artistic Director of the In Harmony project based in Telford and Stoke, inspired by the El Sistema model of Venezuela.

Take part! Places are free. To apply or for more information contact Fraser on [email protected] or 0114 281 4660

Come and listen! Support these young musicians for free at any point during the day. Tickets are available from the Sheffield Theatres Box Office in advance and on the day.

With funding from Mayfield Valley Arts Trust and the Lindsay Foundation


Saturday 7 December 10am – 1pm Lads, Dads and Grandads Crucible Studio Matthew Beckingham leads a vocal workshop for lads (age 8+), dads and grandads exploring a range of accessible and inspiring warm-ups and repertoire spanning the centuries.

Matt Beckingham enjoys an active career as orchestrator, conductor, and animateur. His works have been played in major concert venues throughout the country and abroad, and he has conducted and led workshops in Ukraine, Poland, Holland, Spain, Italy & Hungary. He has led workshops in the UK for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sing Up! and the Sage Gateshead.

Ideal for any men with an enthusiasm for singing!

For more information contact Fraser on 0114 281 4660 or [email protected]

Tickets*: £15 / £10 Disabled & Unemployed / £5 Under 18s & Students


With funding from the Lindsay Foundation

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10% discount for

families See page 4

Family Concerts: Saturday 7 December, 1.30pm & 3pm Schools’ Concerts: Monday 9 December, 11am & 1pm Stan and Mabel Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives The Octagon Centre, The University of SheffieldPaul Rissmann, Music in the Round’s Children’s Composer in Residence and BASCA British Composers’ Award 2012 winner, has created yet another irresistible piece of music based on the book written and illustrated by Jason Chapman and published by Templar. Following the huge success of Sir Scallywag and the Golden Underpants, The Chimpanzees of Happytown, and The Lion Who Wanted to Love this new piece, performed by the eleven-piece Ensemble 360 and narrator Polly Ives, will engage and inspire audiences around the UK.

With companion pieces by Rossini, Mozart and Delibes this hour-long concert is a perfect introduction to classical music and features lots of audience participation and illustrated projections. Download your free audience participation pack from www.musicintheround.co.uk

Recommended for children age 3+.

Family Concerts*: £10 Adults / £6 Children and Students Schools’ Concerts*: £3 Children / Accompanying Teachers Free * Online bookings via the Sheffield Students’ Union are subject to a 10% booking fee. Tickets booked via Sheffield Theatres are subject to a 10% transaction fee on all payment methods. Online bookings are subject to an additional £1 booking fee. Schools’ concerts tickets can also be booked via [email protected] or 0114 281 4660

With funding from MVAT, Andrew McEwan Fund and Garfield Weston Foundation. Tickets for schools are subsidised by local trusts and foundations to whom we are extremely grateful.


Music-loving dog and cat, Stan and Mabel, are off to find their neighbour, who’s gone to judge ‘The Best Orchestra in the World’ competition. Little do they know, they’ll be forming an amazing animal orchestra of their own!

22.Thursday 10 October 4.30 – 6.30pm Teachers’ INSET session Adelphi Room, Crucible Theatre

This INSET session provides training, cross-curricular resources (lesson plan support, audio and visual resources and a copy of the book) and inspiration to teachers and home-educators to kick-start your own Stan and Mabel project at home or school before attending the schools’ concert in December. Learn the songs and actions, explore the story and themes and develop your confidence with leading musical activity for children.

To book contact Fraser on [email protected] or 0114 281 4660 or online at www.musicintheround.co.uk

Tickets: £15


Saturday 7 December, 7.30pm The City Musick: Heigh-Ho HolidayCrucible Studio Mr William Lyons GERMAN FLUTE, SHAWM, CURTAL AND BAGPIPESMr Richard Thomas CORNETTO, BUGLE AND BAGPIPESRev. Dr. Paul Bevan TROMBONE AND OPHICLEIDEMr Tom Lees SLIDE TROMBONEMaster Nicholas Perry SHAWM, CURTAL, BAGPIPES AND SERPENTWith guest carollers from the Sheffield tradition

The City Musick presents spirited Christmas songs and instrumental music from the 17th to 19th centuries, reminiscent of Thomas Hardy’s descriptions of seasonal music-making in town and villages, dance halls and church galleries. The town bands – the ‘Waits’ – led revellers from the taverns in carols and dances around the houses and streets…..and back to the taverns. The City Musick will be joined towards the end of their concert by guests from The Festival of Village Carols, demonstrating that the carolling tradition is alive and well today.




Tuesday 19 November, 7.30pmEnsemble 360Firth Hall

BRITTEN Quartet No.1 Op.25HOWELLS Fantasy Quartet Op.25BRITTEN Three DivertimentiDEBUSSY Quartet in G Op.10 The Debussy Quartet is a landmark work of the quartet literature - an intricate tapestry of colour and timbre, obsessive figures, Javanese gamelan-inspired pizzicato passages and modal harmonies. Britten’s light and bright Three Divertimenti subtitled ‘Go play, boy, play’ were inspired by the 1931 film Emil and the Detectives. The Quartet No.1 of 1941 is the most classical of Britten’s three officially numbered quartets and contrasts vigorous dance-like rhythms with moments of fresh lyricism. Although mostly remembered for his church music Howells composed a number of instrumental works early on in his career. The influence of folk music is dominant in the sumptuous Fantasy Quartet, immediately recognisable by the violin motif heard in the opening bars.

For ticket prices and booking information please visit www.aboywasborn.co.uk

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Pre-Concert Talk, 6.30pm William Lyons of The City Musick and

Professor Ian Russell of The Festival of Village Carols discuss the historic and

continuing tradition of carolling.

Concert presented in collaboration with The Festival of Village Carols.

A concert from our friends…


26.venue informationCrucible Studio Theatre 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DASeating Areas: All seats are unreserved, but please specify which area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level, tier one or tier two.

Talks and Q&As: All pre-concert talks are free to concert ticket holders but please request a separate ticket for talks at the box office. A separate ticket is not required for post-concert Q&As.

Drinks: You may take drinks purchased from the Crucible bars into our concerts in plastic glasses which can be provided by Sheffield Theatres staff.

Access: The Crucible Studio offers easy access for wheelchair users although spaces are limited; please inform the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space. For blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park, NCP car park, and outside the theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park car park on Charles Street, which offers discounted parking for theatre-goers. Please ask a member of the Sheffield Theatres team for a voucher to get your first hour free.

Public Transport: The nearest bus stops are on Arundel Gate (50m) and High Street (300m). There are two Supertram stops in close proximity to the theatres: Castle Square and Cathedral (400m).

Latecomers: The auditorium will open 30 minutes before the advertised start time (15 minutes for pre-concert talks). Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

Upper ChapelNorfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JDSeating Areas: All seats are unreserved, but please specify which area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level or balcony. Please note balcony seats are limited to 30 and may book up quickly.

Access: Upper Chapel offers access for wheelchair users although spaces are limited; please inform the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space. For blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park, NCP car park, and outside the theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park car park on Charles Street, which offers discounted parking for concert-goers. Present your Upper Chapel concert ticket to the Sheffield Theatres box office to obtain a car park voucher.


Latecomers: The auditorium will open 30 minutes before the advertised start time. Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

The Octagon Centre, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TQSeating Areas: All seats are unreserved.

Access: The Octagon is wheelchair accessible with a ramp to the right-hand side of the main steps and a lift to the hall level. If you require a wheelchair space please notify the box office at time of booking.

Parking: On street parking is available in the areas surrounding the Octagon but there may be a charge.

Public Transport: The Octagon is just a minute’s walk from The University of Sheffield tram stop (yellow and blue routes). The following buses stop at or near the University: H1, S6A, 10, 10A, 30, 30A, 51, 52, 70, 95, 120, 123, 272, 273, 274, 275, 505.The 120 bus runs to the University from Sheffield Transport Interchange. For more information visit http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel/local


Booking Your Tickets0114 249 6000 | sheffieldtheatres.co.ukIn person at Sheffield Theatres box officeOpening HoursMonday – Saturday, 10am – 8pmOn non-performance days the box office closes at 6pm.

Booking Dates Booking for Friends opens on Saturday 13 July.During this period please use the Friends booking form. Tickets at this time are limited to two per Friend per event / four per event for Joint Friends. General booking opens on Saturday 20 July (10am).

For more information on Friends of Music in the Round visit the Support Us section of our website.

Concessions Concessions are available upon proof of status for people with disabilities, those registered unemployed, students and under 18s. Prices are indicated on each concert page.

Re-Sales If the event is sold out Sheffield Theatres will endeavour to re-sell your tickets on your behalf at a charge of £1 per ticket.

Booking FeesAll bookings made at the box office, excluding cash, are subject to a £1.50 booking fee.Bookings made online are subject to a £1 fee.

Upper Chapel concerts: Tickets are available in advance from Sheffield Theatres, subject to a 10% fee. Alternatively, tickets are available on the door at Upper Chapel. Cash only.

The Octagon concerts: Tickets can be booked via Sheffield Theatres subject to a 10% fee. Alternatively, tickets are available from the Sheffield Students’ Union Box Office. Please visit www.shef.ac.uk/union/tickets or visit the Students’ Union, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TG. Web bookings are subject to a 10% booking fee. Telephone booking is unavailable but ticket enquires can be directed to the box office on 0114 222 8777. Schools’ concerts tickets can also be booked via [email protected] or 0114 281 4660.


26.venue informationCrucible Studio Theatre 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DASeating Areas: All seats are unreserved, but please specify which area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level, tier one or tier two.

Talks and Q&As: All pre-concert talks are free to concert ticket holders but please request a separate ticket for talks at the box office. A separate ticket is not required for post-concert Q&As.

Drinks: You may take drinks purchased from the Crucible bars into our concerts in plastic glasses which can be provided by Sheffield Theatres staff.

Access: The Crucible Studio offers easy access for wheelchair users although spaces are limited; please inform the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space. For blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park, NCP car park, and outside the theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park car park on Charles Street, which offers discounted parking for theatre-goers. Please ask a member of the Sheffield Theatres team for a voucher to get your first hour free.


Latecomers: The auditorium will open 30 minutes before the advertised start time (15 minutes for pre-concert talks). Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance.

Upper ChapelNorfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JDSeating Areas: All seats are unreserved, but please specify which area you wish to sit in when booking, i.e. stage level or balcony. Please note balcony seats are limited to 30 and may book up quickly.

Access: Upper Chapel offers access for wheelchair users although spaces are limited; please inform the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space. For blue badge holders, spaces are available in the Q-Park, NCP car park, and outside the theatre on Surrey Street and Norfolk Street.

Parking: There is a 24-hour Q-Park car park on Charles Street, which offers discounted parking for concert-goers. Present your Upper Chapel concert ticket to the Sheffield Theatres box office to obtain a car park voucher.



The Octagon Centre, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TQSeating Areas: All seats are unreserved.

Access: The Octagon is wheelchair accessible with a ramp to the right-hand side of the main steps and a lift to the hall level. If you require a wheelchair space please notify the box office at time of booking.

Parking: On street parking is available in the areas surrounding the Octagon but there may be a charge.

Public Transport: The Octagon is just a minute’s walk from The University of Sheffield tram stop (yellow and blue routes). The following buses stop at or near the University: H1, S6A, 10, 10A, 30, 30A, 51, 52, 70, 95, 120, 123, 272, 273, 274, 275, 505.The 120 bus runs to the University from Sheffield Transport Interchange. For more information visit http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel/local


Booking Your Tickets0114 249 6000 | sheffieldtheatres.co.ukIn person at Sheffield Theatres box officeOpening HoursMonday – Saturday, 10am – 8pmOn non-performance days the box office closes at 6pm.

Booking Dates Booking for Friends opens on Saturday 13 July.During this period please use the Friends booking form. Tickets at this time are limited to two per Friend per event / four per event for Joint Friends. General booking opens on Saturday 20 July (10am).

For more information on Friends of Music in the Round visit the Support Us section of our website.

Concessions Concessions are available upon proof of status for people with disabilities, those registered unemployed, students and under 18s. Prices are indicated on each concert page.

Re-Sales If the event is sold out Sheffield Theatres will endeavour to re-sell your tickets on your behalf at a charge of £1 per ticket.

Booking FeesAll bookings made at the box office, excluding cash, are subject to a £1.50 booking fee.Bookings made online are subject to a £1 fee.

Upper Chapel concerts: Tickets are available in advance from Sheffield Theatres, subject to a 10% fee. Alternatively, tickets are available on the door at Upper Chapel. Cash only.

The Octagon concerts: Tickets can be booked via Sheffield Theatres subject to a 10% fee. Alternatively, tickets are available from the Sheffield Students’ Union Box Office. Please visit www.shef.ac.uk/union/tickets or visit the Students’ Union, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TG. Web bookings are subject to a 10% booking fee. Telephone booking is unavailable but ticket enquires can be directed to the box office on 0114 222 8777. Schools’ concerts tickets can also be booked via [email protected] or 0114 281 4660.


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At this year’s May Festival Music in the Round celebrated the centenaries of Benjamin Britten’s birth and the discovery of stainless steel with a live chamber music and film event at the Showroom Cinema.

The concert was a sell out with an additional 655 people watching online across 22 countries. This November, in celebration of Britten’s birth and due to popular demand, we will re-broadcast the concert on our website before elements of the programme embark on a UK tour.

Watch Transformations on Saturday 16 November, 7.30pm via the Music in the Round website www.musicintheround.co.uk

transformationsBarnsley and Doncaster Autumn Concerts

BARNSLEYFriday 11 October, 7.30pmBarnsley, Emmanuel Church LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bassWAGNER Siegfried Idyll for string quintet & wind quintetBRAHMS Serenade in D Op.11 for string quintet & wind quintet

Friday 8 November, 7.30pmBarnsley, Emmanuel Church MOZART Trio in F K13 for flute, cello and pianoVILLA-LOBOS Jet Whistle for flute and cello WEBER Trio Op.63 for flute, cello and pianoMOZART Piano Quartet in E flat K493

DONCASTERSaturday 12 October, 7.30pmDoncaster, Priory Place Church LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bassWAGNER Siegfried Idyll for string quintet & wind quintetBRAHMS Serenade in D Op.11 for string quintet & wind quintet

For more information please visit www.musicintheround.co.uk

28.Transformations was made possible through generous support from Grants for the Arts, Foyle Foundation, Catalyst, Britten-Pears Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and funding from a legacy payment by Miss D R Kurzman awarded by Arts Council England, sponsorship from the 100Club, Outokumpu and Stephen Terry.


Friends make an enormous contribution to the success of Music in the Round and without their commitment, loyalty and support we could not achieve our aims, develop as an organisation or present such a wide range of high quality concerts.

There’s a great sense of community between Friends at concerts which adds to the warmth and spirit of every event. Friends have grown to be part of the extended family of Music in the Round, enjoying each other’s company and the opportunity to be part of a successful and pioneering musical organisation.

New! Online Friends

You can become an Online Friend by donating a minimum of £25 per year. Online Friends receive:

£ A welcome pack via email£ Advance booking for concerts in Sheffield£ Advance brochure mailing via email£ Friends’ Newsletter three times per year via email and on our website£ Exclusive Friends’ email updates£ Acknowledgement on our website and in our May Festival souvenir programme (if desired)

Friends

You can become a Friend by donating at least £60 per year, or £75 for joint givers (two givers at the same address). Friends receive:

£ A welcome pack £ Advance booking for concerts in Sheffield£ Advance brochures by post£ Friends’ Newsletter three times per year by post or on our website£ Exclusive Friends’ email updates£ Friends’ discount card (including 10% off at Sheffield Theatres bars)£ Invitations to exclusive social events, including drinks receptions, dinners and trips (joint givers receive two invitations)£ Invitations to open rehearsals (joint members receive two invitations)£ Acknowledgement on our website and in our May Festival souvenir programme (if desired)

For more information visit the Support Us section of www.musicintheround.co.uk, pick up a leaflet at a concert or contact us on 0114 281 4660 or [email protected].

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Comedy and tragedy combine in Shakespeare’s fantastical story.

Box Office 0114 249 6000sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

Daniel Lapaine

Cast includes

A Sheffield Theatres Production

Wed 2 Oct – Sat 2 Nov

By William Shakespeare

Production supported by


diary Music in the Round, winner of the RPS Music Award for

Chamber Music and Song

Thursday 10 October, 4.30 - 6.30pm Teachers’ INSET session: Stan and Mabel Thursday 10 October, 7.30pm Ensemble 360Thursday 17 October, 7.30pm Ensemble 360 & Marina LewyckaFriday 18 October, 12.45pm Ensemble 360Saturday 19 October, 11.30am, 12.45pm & 2pm Music Box: Giraffes Can’t DanceSaturday 19 October, 4pm Peter Hill Lecture Tuesday 22 October, 12.45pm Ensemble 360 Monday 28 October, 11am & 1.30pm Stan and Mabel Pre-Concert Family Workshop Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm Peter Hill Thursday 7 November, 12.45pm Ensemble 360Friday 15 November, 7.30pm Elias String QuartetFriday 29 November, 7.30pm Zoe Rahman TrioSaturday 30 November, 7.30pm Arcadia String Quartet Tuesday 3 December, 7.30pm Tim Horton Thursday 5 December, 6pm Sheffield Young Singers Thursday 5 December, 7.30pm Ensemble 360Friday 6 December, 10am – 4pm String Masterclass Saturday 7 December 10am – 1pm Lads, Dads and Grandads Saturday 7 December, 1.30pm & 3pm Family Concerts: Stan and MabelMonday 9 December, 11am & 1pm Schools’ Concerts: Stan and MabelSaturday 7 December, 7.30pm The City Musick: Heigh-Ho Holiday

Please note that our evening concerts now start at 7.30pm

Music in the Round is enormously grateful to all its funders, sponsors, supporters and Friends, without whom these concerts would not be possible.

Funders: Arts Council EnglandMayfield Valley Arts TrustSheffield City CouncilThe Lindsay FoundationThe Andrew McEwan FundGarfield Weston Foundation

Lifelong Patrons: John Cowling | Kate DugdaleJames & Angela Kellie David Megginson & Vivien Whitaker | Maurice & Sheila Millward | Alan & Ellen Reid

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