DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
| Performance Diary | |
| OCTOBER | |
| 18 | |
| Inaugural concert by the University's new ensemble-in-residence. Works by Edward Dudley Hughes, Gyrgi Ligeti, Gordon McPherson, Brian Ferneyhough, Jo Kondo, Elliott Carter | |
| 25 | SORREL STRING QUARTET |
| Haydn, Dvoák, Debussy | |
| NOVEMBER | |
| 1 | PETER DONOHOE - piano |
| Mozart, Ravel, Schumann, Liszt | |
| 8 | SAINKHO & YAT KHA |
| A spell-binding double bill of Tuvan music | |
| 11 | NORTHERN SINFONIA - Central Hall |
| A celebration of JS Bach | |
| 15/16 | ROMAN DE FAUVEL Departmental Practical Project |
| A scintillating and colourful realisation of the classic medieval satire on life at the French court. | |
| 17 | ENGLISH NORTHERN PHILHARMONIA - Central Hall |
| Mozart, Schnittke and Beethoven | |
| 22 | UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR & YORKSHIRE BAROQUE SOLOISTS |
| Odes for St. Cecilia's Day by Henry Purcell, Daniel Purcell and John Blow. | |
| 29 | UNIVERSITY CHOIR & ENGLISH NORTHERN PHILHARMONIA |
| York Minster Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, Berlioz Te Deum | |
| DECEMBER | |
| 6 | UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA |
| Birtwistle, Sibelius, Brahms | |
| 8 | NEW MUSIC GROUP |
| The Music of Hans Abrahamsen - A Portrait | |
| 13 | UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA |
| "Dressed in an Italian coat" - works by Telemann and Handel | |
| JANUARY | |
| 10 | BACKBEAT Percussion Ensemble |
| Modern works combining virtuosity with accessibility: world music, jazz, theatrics and choreography. | |
| 17 | BELCEA QUARTET |
| Schubert and Janáek | |
| 24 | TRIO MEDIÆVAL |
| How shall I please? - English and Norwegian songs, mediæval carols, early Tudor songs and traditional Norwegian songs plus contemporary works. | |
| 31 | UNIVERSITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA |
| Steven Baker, Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2, Haydn Symphony No.99 | |
| FEBRUARY | |
| 1 | JOHN LENNON LECTURE |
| Robert Fripp gives the PRS John Lennon Popular Music Lecture | |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY WIND ORCHESTRA |
| Berlioz & Weill | |
| 14 | NEW MUSIC PLAYERS |
| Debussy, Janáek and Messiaen | |
| 16 | UNIVERSITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA |
| Swing standards & new compositions with special guest instrumentalist to be announced. | |
| 21 | HAUSMUSIK |
| Chamber Music from Vienna | |
| 22 | LEIDER MASTERCLASS |
| Master class on early Leider with Thomas Guthrie | |
| 23 | THOMAS GUTHRIE, PETER SEYMOUR |
| Lieder from Vienna | |
| 28 | UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR - St. Wilfrid's Church |
| Music for Ash Wednesday from the late Renaissance and early Baroque | |
| 2 | BBC PHILHARMONIC - Central Hall |
| Britten, Mahler and Elgar | |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY CHOIR |
| Works for choir and organ by Dvorak and Bruckner | |
| 9 | NEW MUSIC GROUP |
| The American Experimental Tradition | |
| 14 | UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA |
| Webern, Debussy, Bartók | |
| 15 | UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA -Schools Matinee |
| Works from the programme of the 14th, presented specially for the 10-16 age group | |
| APRIL | |
| 27/28 | ELECTRO ACOUSTIC MUSIC |
| Cutting-edge electroacoustic music & computer animation, installations, workshops and an internet-broadcast. | |
| MAY | |
| 2 | SARAH BETH BRIGGS - Piano |
| Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms | |
| 9 | JOHN POTTER & NICKY LOSSEFF - tenor & piano |
| In the Street of Lost Time - early 20th century British works. | |
| 16 | NEW MUSIC PLAYERS |
| Philip Cashian, John Stringer, Toru Takemitsu | |
| 23 | GAMELAN SEKAR PETAK |
| Drawn from the Water -recreating the Javanese folk tale of Sangkuriang. | |
| 24 | MASTERCLASS - SARAH BETH BRIGGS |
| Three student pianists play Mozart. | |
| 29 MAY TO 1 JUNE FINALS RECITALS | |
| Programme & schedule available mid-May. | |
| JUNE | |
| 6 | UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR & CHAMBER ORCHESTRA |
| Stravinsky and Bruckner | |
| 13 | MUSICAL SHOWCASE |
| Some of the Department's current outstanding performers present a showcase programme. | |
| 15 | UNIVERSITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA |
| Music for big band - old and new. | |
| 20 | UNIVERSITY CHOIR & NORTHERN SINFONIA - York Minster |
| Mozart & Haydn | |
| 22 | NEW MUSIC GROUP |
| Gabrieli, Brandt Stockhausen, David Blake, David Lumsdaine and John Stringer. | |
| 27 | UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA |
| Ravel, Shostakovich and a new work by David Blake, conducting his last concert before retirement from the Department of Music. | |
For further details of the Series which runs until June 2001 , please
contact the University Box Office on 01904 432439 or via email at
boxoffice@york.ac.uk or the Department
of Music on 01904 432447.
Tickets for most concerts: £7.00 to £15.50 (concessions
for senior citizens; Student/Unwaged £3.00). To book, contact the
University Box Office on 01904 432439.
The University Box Office is open Mon - Fri, 12 - 4.30pm; 01904 432439,
email boxoffice@york.ac.uk
If you wish to receive future Press Releases by Email, please send your address to Vicky Cumberland at vjc2@york.ac.uk
The University of York reserves the right to change programme details
and performers without notice.
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