March

Sarah Saviet

Monday 4 March
Sarah Saviet – violin
St Paul’s Hall, 7:30pm

Sarah Saviet, a young American violinist based in Cologne, presents work by Michael Finnissy, Joseph Lake, Professor Liza Lim, and CeReNeM postgraduate composers.

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Concentus VII

Thursday 7 March
1:15pm
St Paul's Hall

• A Steffani – Cantata Lagrime Dolorosa (Scherzo no 5) for baritone, two recorders and continuo

• GF Handel – Oboe Sonata in C minor, HWV366; Recorder Sonata in B flat major, HWV377

George I was very sure of his musical tastes; he was particularly attracted to the music of George Frideric Handel and Agostino Steffani. His collection was more than a reflection of this musical taste but also a record of his lifelong friendships with both Steffani and later Handel. This concert will place one of Steffani’s larger scale cantatas alongside sonatas by his younger contemporary, Handel.

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Sixth Annual University of Huddersfield Saxophone Day

St Paul’s Hall, Phipps Hall and Richard Steinitz Building

Sunday 10 March, 10:00am-7:30pm

The 2019 Saxophone Day focuses on ensembles with concerts from the Quirk Saxophone Quartet, Equinox Saxophone Ensemble, Yorkshire Saxophone Choir, and others. These ensembles will thrill and delight with their varied and exciting programmes.

Sarah Markham is joined by pianist Paul Turner to perform a solo recital. Practical sessions include saxophone orchestra, jazz improvisation, saxophone technique workshop, working with a pianist (hosted by Paul Turner), a talk on how to plan for an associated board exam (hosted by ABRSM examiner Matthew McGuffie).

An exhibition of major saxophone companies including Vandoren, Selmer, D’Addario Woodwind, Yamaha, Yanagisawa, and Trevor James will be open all day in the Creative Arts Building.

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Kathleen Gaspoz

Thursday 14 March
1:15pm
St Paul's Hall

Kathleen Gaspoz started playing Cornet at the age of eight in her hometown band in a little village in the Swiss Alps. She went on to become Principal Cornet in the National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland from 2012-2015, and in April 2017 became Brighouse and Rastrick’s first female Principal Cornet.

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Brice Catherin & Pierre Alexandre Tremblay

Monday 18 March
7:30pm
Phipps Hall

A recital?

For cello and electronics?

Cellist and computer performer?

Performer and composers?

Humans and technology?

Player and creators?

Human bodies on a stage with different tasks?

Composer playing the cello and non-composer composing for the former?

Cello and meta-composition?

Meta-cellist and electronics?

A meta-recital?

 

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Snake Davis Trio

Thursday 21 March
Phipps Hall
1:15pm

The legendary Snake Davis and Johnny Thirkell team up with the mutual friend Mark Cresswell for an afternoon of gorgeous mellow music, infused with jazz, soul and pop. Snake played the solos on Take That’s ‘Million Love Songs’ and M-People’s ‘Search for a Hero’ and has recorded with everyone from James Brown to Amy Winehouse while Johnny has played on 22 No.1 records including Bruno Mars’s ‘Uptown Funk’ and Katrina & the Waves’ ‘Walking On Sunshine’.

Expect beautiful music, fascinating tales, banter and opportunity for question and answer challenges.

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University Brass Band and Symphonic Wind Orchestra

Thursday 21 March
7:30pm
St Paul's Hall

The University’s flagship ensembles present an evening of classic and contemporary music for wind and brass.

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Diego Castro Magas

Monday 25 March
St Paul's Hall, 7:30pm

Virtuoso guitarist Diego Castro Magas has worked with composers such as Brian Ferneyhough, James Dillon and Michael Finnissy. He comes back to Huddersfield to present an evening of new and experimental music for solo guitar including CeReNeM composers.

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Christopher Redgate: New Music for New Instruments

Thursday 28 March
1:15pm
St Paul's Hall

New Music for New Instruments

Christopher Redgate – Howarth-Redgate oboe and Lupophon
Philip Thomas – Piano 

A concert of music for two recently developed oboes, the Howarth-Redgate oboe and the Lupophon; a new design of bass oboe. The concert will include the premiere of a work by Mary Bellamy for Lupophon and piano, recent works for these instruments, improvised music, experimental sounds and some high octane virtuosity.

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Research Showcase: Postgraduate Performers

An evening of performances by postgraduate researchers including Irine Rosnes, Dejana Sekulic and Chris Rainier, performing music by Pierre Boulez, Harry Partch and more.

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