Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919 version)
John conducts a short course for the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra.
Join John and the City of Southampton Orchestra for a fun packed concert suitable for all ages. Phil Cheeseman returns to narrate and compere (www.csorchestra.org).
John will direct a Harmony and Composition workshop for the Oxfordshire Advanced Musicianship Programme, in collaboration with St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. This event is part of the St. Anne’s Recital Series , and Oxfordshire Advanced Musicianship Programme, and includes a recital by pianist Yllka Istrefi at 6pm (http://yllka.com), and interview with composer Ash Madni.
Providing a regular series of conducting and composition workshops at the University of Oxford, John leads advanced students through Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, in preparation for the full orchestra workshop with OCYO on Saturday 2nd February 2013.
Fun concerts for younger audiences - programme to include Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Providing a regular series of conducting and composition workshops at the University of Oxford, John leads advanced students through Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. This event is with full orchestra, with the participation of the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra.
A programme of four concerto premieres, by composers Christopher Bond, Lewis Furber, Ben Lunn, and James Golborn.
John conducts visiting ensemble, CHROMA, in a workshop of compositions by leading undergraduate and postgraduate composers at the University of Oxford. (www.chromaensemble.co.uk / www.music.ox.ac.uk)
A programme of works by postgraduate composers at the University of Oxford, to include Dan Jeffries She was a German Doctor called Julia, Chris Garrard Night or nothing, Luke Lewis ...and all watched over by machines of loving grace, Sam Fernando Half Moon and Utterance, and Eugene Birman Red Dessert.
This event concludes the RWCMD Contemporary Music Ensemble collaboration with the BCMG.
Semi-final of the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition: Strauss Horn Concerto No.1, I (Sarah Johnson), Korngold Violin Concerto, I (Makoto Nakata), Nielsen Flute Concerto (Ellie Nugent), Ney Rosauro Concerto for Marimba, I and IV (Jack Chown), York Bowen Concerto for Viola (Anna Hughes), Bruch Violin Concerto (Bethan Rose, Leo Appel)
John will conduct the Oxford Philomusica in a workshop of compositions by students from Oxford University (www.oxfordphil.com / www.music.ox.ac.uk)
John will direct a Harmony and Composition workshop for the Oxfordshire Advanced Musicianship Programme, in collaboration with St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. This event is part of the St. Anne’s Recital Series and includes a recital by Laura Lucas (flute) and Daniel Swain (piano) at 6pm
John will direct a Harmony and Composition workshop for the Oxfordshire Advanced Musicianship Programme, in collaboration with St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. This event is part of the St. Anne’s Recital Series and includes a recital by pianist Madalina Rusu at 6pm.
Poulenc Gloria (conducted by Rupert Gough, Director of Choral Music, Royal Holloway), Britten Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Dvorak Symphony No.9
John's school visits continue, working with First Access instrumentalists across Oxfordshire as part of the OCMS 2014 massed ensemble commission, to be premiered on Friday 14th March 2014 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (for Symphony Orchestra plus 300 young singers and instrumentalists)
John conduct's the City of Southampton Orchestra - Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, Stravinsky Divertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’, and Tchaikovsky Symphony no.5. Also see www.csorchestra.org
John will conduct and record 7 new works by RWCMD composers, with the RWCMD Concert Orchestra
John will be mentored by maestro Valery Gergiev on Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, with the Oxford Philomusica (see 'events' for other performances with the Oxford Philomusica)
OCYO starts work on Strauss: Don Juan, Britten: Four Sea Interludes, and Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2, in preparation for their summer tour to Italy.
Korngold Violin Concerto, op.35 (Makoto Nakata), Lowell Liebermann Flute Concerto (Ellie Nugent), Strauss Horn Concerto, op.11 (Sarah Johnson).
Providing a regular series of conducting and composition workshops at the University of Oxford, John leads advanced students through Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, in preparation for the full orchestra workshop with OCYO on Saturday 27th April 2013.
John and the CSO welcome Juliette Roos, recipient of the BBC Young Musician Walter Todds Bursary Prize.
Providing a regular series of conducting and composition workshops at the University of Oxford, John leads advanced students through Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. This event is with full orchestra, with the participation of the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra.
John's presents the first of three composer workshops, working with young Oxfordshire composers, for his OCMS massed ensemble commission, to be premiered on Friday 14th March 2014 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (for Symphony Orchestra plus 300 young singers and instrumentalists)
John conducts the final instalment of the collaboration between the City of Southampton Orchestra and Winchester Symphony Orchestra. This unique education project has featured professional, amateur, and student musicians, from across Hampshire.
Elgar Introduction and Allegro (Charlotte Scott, Alexandra Wood, Jon Thorne, Sebastian Comberti)
Tippet Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (Alexandra Wood, Charlotte Scott, Sebastian Comberti)
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings (John Mark Ainsley, Richard Dilley)
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Britten Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Poulenc The Story of Babar the Elephant (narrated by Chris de Souza)
Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5
Britten Matinees Musicales
John's presents the second of three composer workshops, working with young Oxfordshire composers, for his OCMS massed ensemble commission, to be premiered on Friday 14th March 2014 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (for Symphony Orchestra plus 300 young singers and instrumentalists)
London Fanfare Trumpets premiere John's latest ceremonial commission - http://www.londonfanfaretrumpets.com/
John's school visits continue, working with First Access instrumentalists across Oxfordshire as part of the OCMS 2014 massed ensemble commission, to be premiered on Friday 14th March 2014 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (for Symphony Orchestra plus 300 young singers and instrumentalists)
David and Lelia Sadlier, on tour from the USA, present the first of their performances of John's Two Songs to Celebrate the Benjamin Britten Centenary (premiered Dec 2012, St. Martins-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London)
John's presents the final composer workshop, working with young Oxfordshire composers, for his OCMS massed ensemble commission, to be premiered on Friday 14th March 2014 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (for Symphony Orchestra plus 300 young singers and instrumentalists)
John's collaboration with the Cornish American Song Institute continues for another year. For more details please see http://casonginstitute.org/
David and Lelia Sadlier, on tour from the USA, present another performance of John's Two Songs to Celebrate the Benjamin Britten Centenary (premiered Dec 2012, St. Martins-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London)
David and Lelia Sadlier, on tour from the USA, present another performance of John's Two Songs to Celebrate the Benjamin Britten Centenary (premiered Dec 2012, St. Martins-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London)
The Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra presents it's final concert before the summer tour programme begins. Programme to also include John Rutter's The Sprig of Thyme with a massed choir from Oxfordshire schools. The soloists will feature in the Bruch - Leo Appel, Bethany Rose, and Alexander Guinesekera
The Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra feature in the National Festival of Music for Youth's final exhibition, having qualified from the regionals earlier this year, performing Richard Strauss' epic tone poem, Don Juan.
The first of five OCYO tour concerts begins at the stunning Basilica di San Pietro, Perugia, Italy.
The second of five OCYO tour concerts at the stunning Chiesa San Francesco, Terni, Italy.
The third of five OCYO tour concerts at the stunning Orvieto Duomo, Orvieto, Italy.
The penultimate OCYO tour concert at the stunning Museo San Francesco, Montefalco, Italy.
OCYO present their final year concert.
Arvo Part Cantus in Memorium Benjamin Britten, Mozart Clemenza di Tito overture, Clarinet Concerto (soloist Michael Collins), Haydn Symphony No. 104 (‘London’).
Grieg Concert for Piano in A minor (soloist Mami Shikimori), Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending, Saint-Saens ‘the swan’ from Carnival of the Animals, Fantasia on Greensleaves, Offenbach Orpheus and the Underworld overture, and other popular classics.
John conducts a workshop with the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra, for the Oxfordshire Advanced Musicianship Programme. Repertoire to include Bernstein Candide Overture, Borodin Polovtsien Dances, and Britten Passacaglia from Peter Grimes.
A celebratory concert in the presence of the composer. Programme to include Psalm - A song of Ascents (1992), Shakespeare Scenes for Solo Trumpet and String Orchestra (2013), and a new work John and past/present Oxford composers that have worked with Robert, built upon his Little Prelude, written for Ensemble ISIS in 2003.
John and OCYO conclude the National Festival for Youth 'Proms' at the Royal Albert Hall
John conducts his 10th season with the City of Southampton Orchestra, opening with Britten Pas de Six from Prince of the Pagodas, Bourgeois Trombone Concerto (Michael Buchanan, prize-winner, Haverhill Sinfonia Concerto Competition 2013), and Shostakovitch Symphony No.8.
On what would have been Benjamin Britten's 100th birthday, John conducts a massed performance of his Friday Afternoons op.7, accompanied by the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra.
Newbury Symphony Orchestra, on of the oldest nonprofessional orchestras in the UK, launch their 2013-14 season.
John leads a workshop of student conductors. Repertoire: Wagner Siegfried Idyll. Orchestra provided by OUMS (Oxford University Music Society). A preparatory seminar, for participants, will precede this event, on Monday 25th November 2013 (MT wk 7), LRA, Faculty of Music, 2-4pm.
Programme to follow
Merry Christmas!
Another fun-packed concert for all the family - programme to include Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Elgar Wand of Youth Suite (excerpts), John Williams Jurassic Park, Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals (excerpts). Phil Cheeseman narrates.
Fun concerts for younger audiences - programme to include Bernstein Candide and Borodin Polovtsien Dances
EDVARD GRIEG – Piano Concerto in A minor, I. Allegro molto moderato (Zizhou Zhang)
ÉDOUARD LALO - Cello Concerto in D minor, I. Prelude, lento - Allegro maestoso (Frankie Carr)
JEAN SIBELIUS - Violin Concerto, Op. 47, I. Allegro moderato (Enyuan Khong)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Concerto in A minor for Oboe and Strings III. (Tim Keasley)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, I. Allegro (Francesco Browne)
CARL NIELSEN - Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, D.F.119, I. Allegro moderato (Daniel Shao)
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Finn Keane Canario
Lewis Coenen-Rowe A Machine Like No Other
Jo Currie Fugitive Places
Toby Huelin Time Piece
Daniel Lewis Phi
Frankie Perry Elegy
John conducts a workshops of new works by leading composers at the University of Oxford
Judith Weir Tiger under the Table (2002)
Joseph Currie Invisible Priests (2014)
Judith Weir Rain and Mist Are on the Mountain, I’d Better Buy Some Shoes (2005)
Nick Morish Praecox
Judith Weir Blue-Green Hill (2013)
John conducts a workshop of compositions by undergraduate and postgraduate composers at the University of Oxford
Programme details of the Final concert to be announced mid-February 2014
OCYO conclude the Oxfordshire County Music Service Gala event at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Newbury Symphony Orchestra's mid-season concert features a return to St. Nicholas church with Rachmaninov's celebrated second symphony.
A series of conducting, composition, and performance workshops, and a final concert:
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546
Purcell Trumpet Sonata
Warlock Capriol Suite
Handel Trumpet Suite in D Major
Britten Six Metamorphosen After Ovid, ‘Niobe’ (trumpet)
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Traill Serenade for Flugelhorn and String Orchestra (World Premiere)
Bruch Kol Nidrei (arr. Paul Wood)
Elgar Salut d’amore (arr. Christo Pavlov)
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi Pines of Rome
Shostakovich Symphony no.5
John leads a workshop of student conductors. Repertoire: Respighi Pines of Rome. This event is in partnership with the Oxfordshire County Music Service. A preparatory seminar, for participants, will take place on Monday 28th April 2014, LRA (Faculty of Music), 2-4pm.
The CSO welcomes Making Music Young Concert Artist, Joseph Shiner, to perform the Weber Clarinet Concerto no.2, in this animated programme.
Strauss - Radetsky March
Sibelius Finlandia
Grieg peer gynt suite no1
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
RVW English Folk Song Suite
Strauss The Blue danube
Filmscores, to include Gladiator, and The Dambusters
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
details to follow
Composer in Residence, writing, lecturing, and conducting.
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John and the CSO conclude the 2013-14 season.
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
After a successful tour to Germany, OCYO present their final 2013-14 concert.
Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Respighi - Pines of Rome
Shostakovich - Symphony No.5
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18
Rimsky - Korsakov Symphonic Suite Sheherazade Op 35
Oxford Proms Orchestra
Mami Shikimori – piano
John Traill – conductor
http://www.oxfordproms.co.uk/
John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Beethoven - Violin Concerto
Stravinsky - Petrushka (1947)
A varied programme of contemporary music, including the premier of John's Equale for Horn, String Quartet and String Orchestra
All aboard! - for a travel themed concert for all the family!
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Williams Star Wars
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Elgar Cello Concerto, Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No.3
John conducts works by University of Oxford composers
Christopher Redgate presents five oboes, including the Lupophon!
John conducts a varied programme of music by Rebecca Saunders and postgraduate composers at the University of Oxford
Contemporary music workshop at Oxford University
John and the NMP open up music by Xenakis and Skempton
Traill Equale
Harry Come, Spring
F. Strauss Nocturne
Sibelius Serenade in C
Holmes Aurora (premier)
Hyde String Quartet
Saxton String Quartet No.3
Strauss Horn Concerto No.1
Mendelssohn Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5
Smetena - Wallenstein's Camp
Strauss - Horn Concerto No.2
Dvorak - Symphony No.6
Copland Symphony no.3
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Holst - The Perfect Fool
Mussorgsky / Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Brahms - Symphony No.4
Beethoven Symphony No.5
Mozart Horn Concerto No.3
Traill Equale
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The premier of four new songs for the Cornish American Song Institute, part of John's 2014-15 Composer-in-Residence
Copland Symphony No.3
Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Grieg Two Melodies, Op.53
I. Norwegian, II. The First Meeting
Elgar Elegy, Op.58
Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies, Op.34
I. Heart’s Wound, II. Last Spring
Haydn Concerto for Trumpet in Eb major
I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Allegro
Barry Gray – Thunderbirds March
arr. Custer – Star Trek Through The Years
Debussy arr. Caplet – Claire de Lune
Daniel Dorff – Blast Off!
Holst – Venus from The Planets
John Williams – Leia's Theme from Star Wars
John Williams – Star Wars: Main Title Theme
Deborah Pritchard Skyspace (soloist Simon Desbruslais)
Richard English Flight (world premiere)
Prokofiev Violin Concerto no.2 (Emma Lisney)
Grieg Piano Concerto (Harry Baker)
Strauss Horn Concerto no.1 (Myrddin Rees-Davies)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto (Ben Clapin and David Mears)
Dvorak Cello Concerto (Rebecca McNaught)
Bent Sorensen Pantomimes (soloist Carson Becke, piano)
John Willis new work
Bent Sorensen Nocturnal (soloist William Foster, trombone)
Walton Johannesburg Festival Overture
Elgar Enigma Variations
Prokofiev Violin Concerto no.2 (Emma Lisney)
Strauss Horn Concerto no.1 (Myrddin Rees-Davies)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto (David Mears)
Kalinnikov Serenade for Strings
Richard English Flight
Grieg ‘Norwegian’, from Two Melodies, op.53; ‘Last Spring’, from Two Elegiac Melodies,op.34
Martyn Harry Come, Spring
Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor, op.20
This conference will explore issues pertaining to the study of conducting from a range of perspectives by bringing together research across a variety of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and sociology as well as from practitioners. The tripartite aims of the conference will be to engage researchers and practitioners in productive dialogue, promote practice as research, and raise awareness of the state of research in the field of conducting.
Organized by the Oxford Conducting Institute, the committee members include Dr John Traill, St. Anne's College (Director, OCI), University of Oxford; Dr Anthony Gritten, Royal Academy of Music; Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, University of Oxford; and Benjamin Loeb, Executive Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra.
Please visit the conference website for information about the programme and registration or the Facebook page: OCI Conducting Studies Conference. For more details you can also email: oci.conference.info@gmail.com
This conference will explore issues pertaining to the study of conducting from a range of perspectives by bringing together research across a variety of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and sociology as well as from practitioners. The tripartite aims of the conference will be to engage researchers and practitioners in productive dialogue, promote practice as research, and raise awareness of the state of research in the field of conducting.
Organized by the Oxford Conducting Institute, the committee members include Dr John Traill, St. Anne's College (Director, OCI), University of Oxford; Dr Anthony Gritten, Royal Academy of Music; Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey, University of Oxford; and Benjamin Loeb, Executive Director, Quad City Symphony Orchestra.
Please visit the conference website for information about the programme and registration or the Facebook page: OCI Conducting Studies Conference. For more details you can also email: oci.conference.info@gmail.com
Deborah Pritchard We Remember Them (world premiere conducted by Ben Lamb)
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings
Deborah Pritchard Seven Halts On The Somme: Trumpet Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (arr.Deborah Pritchard & John Traill)
Built to replicate Burgos Cathedral, the Asuncion in Melgar de Fernamental is a 15th century temple of large proportions. Located in close proximity to the Pilgrimage Santiago de Compostela rout, many pilgrims would stop here on their way north.
https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/726
Dexter Drown, trombone
FERDINAND DAVIDTrombone Concertino in E flat major, Op.4
GILLES SENON Blues-Reflets et Cabrioles
Tabitha Appel, violin
KREISLER Schön Rosmarin
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
Athalie Armon-Jones, violin
BACHViolin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
SARASATE Malagueña, Op.21, No.1
Rachel Appel, cello
COUPERIN Pièces en concert pour violoncelle et piano[arr. Paul Bazelaire]
STRAVINSKY Suite Italienne
FAURÉ Après un rêve, Op.7, No.1
Hannah Gillingham, flute
POULENC Flute Sonata, FP 164
FAURÉ Fantaisie, Op.79
Natasha Strange, trombone
GRØNDAHL Trombone Concerto
BERNSTEIN Elegy for Mippy II
Ruth Friedlander, cello
BOCCHERINI Cello Sonata in A major, G.4
SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Leo Appel, violin
SCHUMANNViolin Sonata No.1 in A minor, Op.105
PROKOFIEV5 Mélodies, Op.35bis
About the Oxfordshire Junior Concerto Competition
Founded in 2012, the Oxfordshire Concerto Competition is split into senior and junior categories. 2016-2017 sees the return of the Junior Competition, which allows young musicians to compete for the opportunity to perform a concerto with the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra in the final round, conducted by Marios Papadopoulos.
The first round featured all applicants performing an audition, consisting of two contrasting pieces totaling 6-8 minutes. Applications have been welcomed from instrumentalists who are aged 18 or under on 31stAugust 2017, an Oxfordshire resident or student, in full-time secondary education or on a gap year, and Grade 8+ (or equivalent). Tonight’s semi-final includes eight successful competitors, each performing a recital programme lasting 8-12 minutes.
Selected finalists will each perform one movement of a concerto, in the final on Saturday 4thFebruary 2017, at the Sheldonian Theatre. The concert will also include Emma Lisney, winner of the 2015-16 Oxfordshire Concerto Competition, performing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.
Join us for a fun morning of amazing stories brough to live with live music and dancing! Our family concerts are suitable for all ages.
Narrator: Phil Cheeseman
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Elgar In the South
Kieran Lamb
Amy Chang
Mikey Ahearn
Maya Saxena
Thomas Featherstonhaugh
John Warner
Miriam Chapman-Rosenfeld
Elizabeth Nurse
Yi Yun Soo
Gabrielle Woodward
Isabel Stoppani de Berrie
Eunseog Lee
Francesco Browne
Joshua Asokan
Hannah Schneider
for more information see www.music.ox.ac.uk
Walton Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
Bax Tintagel
Sibelius Symphony no.2
Brahms Tragic Overture
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Symphony no.6 ('Pathetique')
Sibelius Romance in C
Maria Delicata Vesuvius Eruption
Eddie Gripper Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Rebecca Rigby Fire Fountains*
Emma Rednall Linton Kerritt*
Richard English Flight
David Heyes Passchendaele – a Meditation*
Aidan Adcock Rhythmic Disturbance, Disturbing, Nebulous, Vaguely Nebulous*
Katie Leong Humboldt’s Journey
Phoebe Haywood The Dance Macabre of Hekla’s Underworld*
David Heyes Te Puia o Whakaari (The Dramatic Volcano)
John Traill Vesuvius Eruption
Serena Anna Evans
Rebecca Benstead
Joshua Asokan
Henrietta Cooke
Gabrielle Woodward
Steve Kent-Davies
Fifi Korda
Sergiu Rusu
Mathew Reese
Sibelius Romance in C
Richard English Flight
Elgar Elegy
Martyn Harry The Gardener’s Dance
Thomas Hyde Flip Flops
Bridge Sally in Our Alley
Conductors: Amy Chang, Alexander Little, Myrddin Rees Davies, Sophia Hall, John Warner, Chloe Rooke, Gabriella Noble, Josephine Korda.
de Falla Three Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat
Bizet 'Toreador Chorus' from Carmen
Verdi 'Prelude to Act 1' of La Traviata
Verdi 'Matadors Chorus' from La Traviata
Verdi 'Anvil Chorus' from Il Trovatore
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
Rossini Thieving Magpie Overture
Puccini 'Humming Chorus' from Madama Butterfly
Strauss Die Fledermaus Overture
Verdi 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va pensiero)' from Nabucco
Verdi 'Triumphal Scene' from Aida
Bax Tintagel
Early Music as education (EMAE)is a registered charity based in Liverpool that promotes the cultural, social and economic value of early music through regular educational, recreational and scholarly activities. In particular, in collaboration with schools and other organisations, EMAE offers to select string players aged 11 to 16 free training in HIP and chamber music under the guidance of expert theoreticians and practitioners in the field.
Educating is transforming lives through repeated exposure to the unknown, the unfamiliar or the different. Irrespective of age, background and training, the study of the music of European civilisations has the potential to transform individual lives through the acquisition of specialised knowledge and skills, and the development of cultural, social and economic relations.
‘Early music’ is a colloquial name for the musical cultures of the European peoples between the Commercial Revolution of the fifteenth century and the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century – before the large-scale exploitation of natural resources through advanced technical means, the mass production and world-wide commercialisation of goods, the replacement of the master-pupil model of instruction with the class format.
In a less narrow sense, ‘early music’ is a way of interpreting European music from the earliest written record to the late nineteenth century according to historical performance practices and, when possible, on period or copies of period instruments. An early-music specialist is a musician, usually trained to conservatoire standards, whose interpretations of pre-1900 repertoires are informed by musicological findings about historical performance practices (so-called ‘historically informed performance’ or HIP).
Programme includes Judith's Psalm 148 (with Scholar Contorum), Blue-Green Hill (2013), O Viridissima (2014), and Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (1994). Also featuring world premieres of Giulia Monducci Atlas (2017), and William Marshall Auguries (2014).
Sibelius Romance in C.
Bax Tintagel
Copland 'Hoe Down' from Rodeo, Elgar Enigma Variations, Tchaikovsky 'Waltz of the Floyers & Trepak' from The Nutcracker, Menkin Beauty and the Beast.
Leo Klintman Contagion
Jo Willis Vogliomorire
Ruth Harris Contagion Curse
Sidney Frankcom John’s Disease
Cara Parry-Jones The Contagion Waltz
Eleanor Daft Bacteria
Emma Rednall Emergency Money
Helena Beel Contagion Curse
Jade Spector Still Looking for a Diagnosis
Johanna Fagaragen Funfungi
Ella Cole Plague
Zoe Jenkins Contagious
Harry Winks Contagion Cabaret
Holly Spearman Pain Dance
Ewa Tomiczek Hypochondria
Fred Duffen Images
Kaia Carr-Meehan Hayfever
Kirsty Pearson Crimson Curse
Isidore Hiscock Carbaminohaeomoglobin
Leo Appel WALTON Violin Concerto: I
Joshua Asokan SCRIABIN Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20: III.
Eleanor Blamires NIELSEN Flute Concerto: I.
Victoria Gill BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor: I.
Christopher Hill IBERT Flute concerto: I.
George Needham BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor: I.
Participants: Joshua Asokan, Tom Fetherstonhaugh, and Joseph Davies (Beethoven Symphony no.6)
William Corbett (1680–1748) Le Bizzarie Universali in Four Parts, op. 8 (1728): no. 6 ‘Alla Venetiana’ in C
Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori (1663–1745) Concerti grossi per due violini concertati con i ripieni se piace, op. 2 (1698): no. 9 in G minor
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) Concerti grossi con duoi violini e violoncello di concertino obligati, op. 6 (1714): no. 10 in C
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Twelve Grand Concertos, op. 6 (1741): no. 1 in G major HWV 319
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) Concerti grossi con duoi violini e violoncello di concertino obligati, op. 6 (1714): no. 9 in F
Participants: Sebastiaan Kemner, Chloe Rooke, Yi Yun Soo, James Powe, Alexander Walls, Sarah Hughes, Chris O’Leary, Candy Yuan, Lou Chen, Samantha Burgess, Emily Hazrati, Lennox Smith.
John Traill, conductor
Shruti Jauhari, vocalist
Hannah McDermott, vocalist
Janan Sathiendran, tabla
Rekesh Chauhan, harmonium
Sounds of South Asia Series presents a cross-cultural collaboration between All India Radio artist Dr. Shruti Jauhari, Ensemble ISIS (conductor: John Traill), and British composer Des Oliver. Jauhari sings a collection of Hindustani works, followed by Ensemble ISIS performing Maurice Delage’s Quatre poèmes hindous (1912), a piece influenced by the classical music of India, and sung here by Oxford student Hannah McDermott. The concert ends with a new work by Oliver and performed by Jauhari, Janan Sathiendran on the tabla, and Ensemble Isis.
Tickets £10/£5 on the door | Advanced booking: www.wegottickets.com
New compositions by Richard English, James Powe, Freddie Meyers, Noah McNeill, Josephine Korda, Sturdy Adams
Saint-Saens Symphony no.3 ("Organ Symphony")
Sibelius Finlandia
John Traill Suomi heraa (Finland Awakens)(2018)
Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture
StraussDer Rosenkavalier Suite, op.59
Shostakovich Symphony no.5
St Anne's College Choir & the Holywell Consort sing at the request of Baroness Ruth Deech at the House of Lords. Music to include John's 'Gardam Grace', written for St Anne's College in 2017.
As composer-in-residence for CASI, each year I write a set of songs - the serenade featured in Four Cornish Songs (2016). The programme also features Mozart, Wolf, Schubert, Duke, Breedon, Schumann, Finzi, and Coward. For more information see www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk/music
Repertoire: Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
This conference will explore issues pertaining to the study of conducting from a range of perspectives by bringing together research across a variety of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and sociology as well as from practitioners. The tripartite aims of the conference will be to engage researchers and practitioners in productive dialogue, promote practice as research, and raise awareness of the state of research in the field of conducting.
This conference is organised by the Oxford Conducting Institute - the committee members include Dr John Traill (Founder and Director of OCI), St. Anne's College, University of Oxford; Prof. Fiona Palmer, Maynooth Univeristy; Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey (OCI Director of Research), University of Oxford; and Prof. Chris Younghoon Kim Cornell University
Please visit the conference website for information about the programme and registration or the Facebook page: OCI Conducting Studies Conference.
Weber Clarinet Concert no.1 in F minor (Sophie Osborne)
Horowitz Euphonium Concerto (Patrick Friend)
Rosauro Concerto for Marimba (Ben Upfold)
Mozart Violin Concerto no.3 in G major (Emma Paterson)
Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture
StraussDer Rosenkavalier Suite, op.59
Shostakovich Symphony no.5
Join OCYO for their end of year concert, concluding a week of concerts in Germany.
Sibelius Romance in C, Op.42
Richard English Flight
Elgar Elegy, Op.58
Martyn Harry Come, Spring
Thomas Hyde Flip Flops
Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies, Op.34
Participants:
Finlay Dove
Max Rodney
Louis Morford
Katya Helliker
Conall McHugh
Theodore Pedley
Toby Anderson
Olivia Van Warmelo
Leoni Hughes-King
Lucia Svecova
Jackson Steber
Melissa Chang
Cassandra Fenton
Jonathan Watt
Kenneth Chung
Robert Saxton The Resurrection of the Soldiers, & Chamber Symphony: the Circle of Light, Deborah Pritchard Inside Colour, Samantha Fernando Fault Line.
Participants: Lucia Svecova, Naviena Selvarajah, Serena Evans, Joshua Asokan, Sergiu Rusu, Ian Partridge, Toby Anderson, Ceri Yan Ngai, Jim Bates
for more information see www.csorchestra.org
Music from The Greatest Showman and How to Train Your Dragon, plus Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel, Elgar Cockaigne Overture, Elgar 'Nimrod' from Enigma Variations
Programme to include: Michael Zev Gordon The Impermanence of Things (2009) and There Always (2003/2008).
Participants: Tristan Weymes, Alexandra Medeiros, Daniel Riley, Carol Jones, Max Rodney, Melissa Chang, Finlay Dove, William Harmer, Miu Yeung Lai, Christopher O'Leary, Lucia Svecova
Programme:
Cydonie Banting Ithaca (2014), Maya Saxena Scenes at the Fairground (2019), Deborah Pritchard Skyspace for Trumpet and Strings (2012). Barbara Strozzi Ardo in tacito foco; L’Astratto, Francesca Caccini Ch’Amor sia nudo; Dispieagte guancie amate; Lasciatemi qui solo, Alessandro Piccinini Toccata and Romanesca.
For more information: https://www.music.ox.ac.uk/event/international-womens-day/
Repertoire: Sibelius Finlandia, Strauss Don Juan
Mozart Piano Concerto no.14 in Eb, Martyn Harry Come Spring, Strauss Metamorphosen
John Traill Fanfare Petunia for 3 Trumpets (2019)
Sibelius Finlandia, Strauss Don Juan (the first half of this programme will be given by the OCMS Wind Orchestra)
10-day course - 5 concerts (Italy: Caorle, Asiago, Abano Terme, Schio, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre)
Strauss Don Juan, Rachmaninov Symphony no.2
Following the success of the 2016 and 2018 OCI International Conducting Studies conferences, this event continues to explore issues pertaining to the study of conducting from a range of perspectives by bringing together research across a variety of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and sociology as well as from practitioners. The tripartite aims of the conference will be to engage researchers and practitioners in productive dialogue, promote practice as research, and raise awareness of the state of research in the field of conducting.
This years conference committee includes
Please visit the conference website for information about the programme and registration or the Facebook page: OCI Conducting Studies Conference.
Holst The Planets, Shostakovich Festival Overture, and more...
Programme: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Ian Stephens, Isabel’s Noisy Tummy – Bernard Hughes, Three Little Pigs – Paul Patterson
This popular family concert has moved to the autumn this year. Bring your favourite teddy to St James’ to enjoy the wonderful family concert that will delight all ages.
Participants: Joshua Ballance, Luke Smith, Brandon Qi, Joseph Greaney, Vivian Ng, Carrie Penn, Lucy Warm, Rhiannon Harris, Jacques Allen, Yundi Li, Maxim Fielder, Charlotte Jefferies, Reuben Tendler
Following the finals of the National Festival of Music for Youth at Symphony Hall Birmingham, in July, OCYO thoroughly deserved to be only symphony orchestra in this concert.
Bernstein Candide Overture, Borodin Polovtsien Dances, Anderson Christmas Festival Overture and Sleigh Ride
Jessel The Parade of the Tin Soldiers, Bizet Jeux d'enfants, Bratton Teddy Bear’s Picnic , Haydn Toy Symphony, Coates The Three Bears Fantasy, Rossini/Respighi La Boutique Fantasque, and a Pixar Movie Favourites (Toy Story, The Incredibles, Up, Ratatouille, and Cars). For more information see www.csorchestra.org
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra (introduction), Delia Derbyshire/Ron Grainer (arr. Iain Farrington) Dr Who Theme, Holst ‘Mars’ & 'Jupiter' from The Planets, Bernstein Candide, Williams Star Wars Suite.
Richard Causton Phoenix and Notturno, Lennox Smith En trouvant, Dakin Deep Field, Ingram Locked in Victory.
For more information see: https://www.sje-oxford.org/event/oxford-senior-concerto-competition/
Tchaikovsky Symphony no.6 (Pathétique)
Mahler Symphony no.1 'Titan'
Stravinsky 'The Firebird' Suite (1919(
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Bartok - Viola Concerto
Beethoven - Symphony no. 3 "Eroica"
Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919 version)
About the conference
OCIICSC 2020 is the fourth conference designed to bring together researchers and practitioners in order to generate interdisciplinary dialogue about, raise awareness of, and generate further development in the field of conducting studies. As the three previous conferences have shown, the practice of instrumental and vocal conducting encompasses vastly more than its physical manifestation suggests. The Conference continues to explore conducting’s many facets through a range of disciplines including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Previous Keynote speakers have included: Sian Edwards, William Christie, Odaline de la Martinez, Stephen Darlington, Alice Farnham, David Robertson and Andrea Quinn.
OCIICSC 2020 will be held at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford 25-27 June 2020. Conference details including accommodation and dining options will be published on the conference website in early 2020.
2020 Organizing committee: Dr John Traill (University of Oxford); Dr Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey (University of Oxford); Dr Carolyn Watson (University of Kansas); Professor Fiona M. Palmer (Maynooth University); and Dr Jeremiah Cawley (Loras College).
This event has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.