This concert will be attended by newly appointed RWCMD Fellow, Errollyn Wallen

Wallen: Mighty River
Mozart: Clarinet COncerto
Tschaikowsky: Symphony No 4

A new film made on location in London and Scotlanf with Matt Belcher for UCLA’s Tune In online festival

Vaughan williams Piano Quintet in C minor
Ignatius Sancho Minuets 4 and 11 arr for septet
Errollyn Wallen NNENNA
Coleridge-Taylor Nonet in F minor, Op 2

The Chineke! Chamber Ensemble make their Kings Place debut with a programme including works by composers of Black and ethnically diverse heritage who lived and worked in London.

Commissioned by the London International Festival of Early Music for Liam Byrne (viola da gamba) and Jonas Nordberg (theorbo) who will give the world premiere.

The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire

FREE EVENT

Madeleine Mitchell – violin
Nigel Clayton – piano

Lili Boulanger – Nocturne
Prokofiev – Cinq Melodies No 1 & 3
DvoÅ™ák – Sonatina, Op 100
Amy Beach – Romance
Errollyn Wallen – Sojourner Truth (for Madeleine Mitchell, 2021)
Bridge – Morceau caractéristique

American composer Amy Beach wrote her Romance in 1893, the same year as DvoÅ™ák’s Sonatine was written when he was living in America. Prokofiev wrote his Five Melodies as songs without words for a tour in California with soprano, later arranging them for violin and piano when he was back in Paris – the home of Lili Boulanger, who died tragically young. Sojourner Truth was an extraordinary American abolitionist and Errollyn Wallen’s piece for Madeleine Mitchell is based on the spiritual O’er the Crossing – premiered on International Women’s Day 2021. The programme is completed by a virtuosic piece by Frank Bridge, discovered in manuscript a century after the premiere by Madeleine and recorded on her album Violin Songs along with the Boulanger and Prokofiev pieces.

This concert will last approximately 50 minutes.

RBC Symphonic Brass (conducted by Amos Miller)

Adolphus Hailstork American Fanfare
Errollyn Wallen Pace
Stuart MacRae Ultima Thule (world première)
William Walton (arr. Eric Crees) Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

Interval

Youth Brass 2000 (conducted by Chris Jeans)

Etienne Crausaz Balkan Dance
Albert Ketèlby (arr. Howard Snell) The Clock with the Dresden Figures-
Percussion Feature
Louis Prima (arr. Dan Price) Sing Sing Sing-

RBC Brass Band (conducted by Ian Porthouse)

Stan Nieuwhuis A Buoy (conducted by MMus 2 Brass Band conducting student Matt Ludford-King)
Richard Saucedo (arr Richards) American Barndance (conducted by MMus1 Brass Band conducting student Alan Gifford)
Robert Simpson Volcano

Joint item:
Ryan Linham Staycation Celebration (non-virtual première)

VENUE CHAPEL ROYAL, DUBLIN CASTLE

THE MUSIC OF FRIENDS EVENING

Katherine Hunka, Cellist
Dearbhla Brosnan, Pianist

Peace on Earth has been specially translated into Catalan for this festive occasion:

Orfeó Català (Pablo Larraz, principal conductor)
Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana (Xavier Puig, principal conductor)
Cor Jove de l’Orfeó Català (Esteve Nabona, conductor)
Cor de Noies de l’Orfeó Català (Buia Reixach i Feixes, conductor)
Cor Infantil de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Coma i Pedrals, conductor)
Cor Mitjans de l’Orfeó Català (Glòria Fernàndez, conductor)
Cor Petits de l’Orfeó Català (Mercè Pi, conductor)

Simon Halsey, artistic director of the choirs

PROGRAM

Tradicional Concert of Sant Esteve
The Boxing Day Concert is one of the oldest Christmas traditions in Europe. Started in 1913, it brings together all the ensembles in the Orfeó Català choral family. Recently, it has been customary to present a joint programme on the context of a given theme, which this year is peace around the world. As usual, there will be plenty of Christmas carol arrangements and premières by guest composers, such as Marc Timón.

This story is loosely inspired by the novel Incomparable World by S. I. Martin, who serves as Historical Consultant for this project.

Juba Freeman: Curtis Bannister
Amelia Alumond: Flora Wall
Quamino Dolly: Damien Geter

Saturday, April 23, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 3pm
Studebaker Theater
410 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605

Production Sponsor: Virginia Tobiason
Commission Sponsor: The Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.