If you know of upcoming performances of Simpson's music, please
E-Mail me at andyjackson0@yahoo.com (include "Simpson" in the header) and I will
try to include your concert. I take no responsibility for the veracity of
this information.
Mon
6 August, 2007, (afternoon). Three Choirs Festival,
Gloucester England. Full program available March 2007.
Haydn:
Un-named String Quartet
Simpson: Un-named String Quartet
Elgar:
Piano Quintet
Sorrel String
Quartet: Gina McCormack (violin), Catherine Yates (violin), Sarah-Jane
Bradley (viola), Helen Thatcher (cello); Ian Brown (piano).
Sun
18
March, 2007, 2:30pm. Muziekcentrum de Toonzaal, Prins
Bernhardstraat 4-6 5211 HE 's-Hertogenbosch Postbus 1418 5200 BL 's-Hertogenbosch,
Netherlands. Tel: (073) 6 122 123, or E-mail: info@detoonzaal.nl
Frank Bridge: Three Idylls
for String Quartet
Robert Simpson:
String Quartet No. 3
Sir Edward Elgar: String
Quartet in e klein, Op. 83
Matangi Quartet: Maria-Paula Majoor (violin), Daniel
Torrico Menacho (violin), Karsten Kleijer (viola), Nander Cirkel, (cello).
Sun
4 March, 2007, 3:00pm. Bridges Hall of Music on the Pomona College
campus, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont CA 91711 (USA). Admission is free and
no tickets are required. For further information, contact the Pomona College
Department of Music at (USA) 909 621-8155.
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat
Simpson: Symphony No. 7
Dvorak: Nocturne
The Pomona College
Orchestra, Eric Lindholm (conductor), Lucie McGee (clarinet).
Fri
2 March, 2007, 8:00pm. Bridges Hall of Music on the Pomona College
campus, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont CA 91711 (USA). Admission is free and
no tickets are required. For further information, contact the Pomona College
Department of Music at (USA) 909 621-8155.
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat
Simpson:
Symphony No. 7
Dvorak: Nocturne
The Pomona College
Orchestra, Eric Lindholm (conductor), Lucie McGee (clarinet).
Sat
24 February, 2007, 7:30pm. Dorking Halls, Reigate Road, Dorking, Surrey
RH4 1SG England. Tickets £17, Students £8.50, Children under 16 accompanied
by an adult £4.25;
Tel: (U.K.) (0)1306
881717.
Mozart: String Quartet in Bb, K589
Robert: Simpson String Quartet No.7
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51
No.2
Sorrel String
Quartet: Gina McCormack (violin), Catherine Yates (violin), Sarah-Jane
Bradley (viola), Helen Thatcher (cello).
Wed
21 February, 2007, 7:30pm. Shropshire Music Trust,
Concord College, Acton
Burnell Hall, Acton Burnell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 7PF England. Tel:
(U.K.) (0)1743 233873 for booking enquiries.
Mozart: String Quartet in Bb, K589
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No 7
Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op51
No1
Sorrel String
Quartet: Gina McCormack (violin), Catherine Yates (violin), Sarah-Jane
Bradley (viola), Helen Thatcher (cello).
Tues
6 February, 2007, 8:00pm. Benslow Music Trust, Peter Morrison Recital
Hall, Little Benslow Hills, Ibberson Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 9RB
England. Ticket prices Full price £11, concessions £8, free tickets are
available to students in full-time education when booked in advance;
Tel: (U.K.) (0)1462 459446 or E-mail:
info@benslow.org for information
about Benslow Music Trust concerts.
Mozart:
String Quartet in Bb, K 589
Robert Simpson:
String Quartet No. 7
Brahms:
String Quartet in A minor, Op.
51 No. 2
Sorrel String Quartet: Gina McCormack (violin),
Catherine Yates (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Helen Thatcher
(cello).
29,
30, 31
January, & 1, 5, 6, 7 February, 2007; 2:00pm-4:00pm, Afternoon Performance.
BBC Radio Three will broadcast the complete Simpson Symphonies on Afternoon
Performance From 29 January - 9th February2007. Also on Afternoon
Performance, some of Simpson's brass band music, recorded at the Royal
Northern College of Music's Festival of Brass, will be broadcast during the
week of 5th-9th February. Dates for the Symphony broadcasts are:
Mon.
29 January 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 2 (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vernon Handley conductor)
Tues.
30 January 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 3 (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vernon Handley conductor)
Wed.
31 January 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 4 (BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Nicholas Kok conductor)
Thurs.
1 February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 5 (BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Reinbert de Leuw conductor)
Mon. 5
February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 6 (BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Bryden Thompson conductor)
Mon. 5
February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 7 (BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Grant Llewellyn conductor)
Tues.
6 February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 8 (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vernon Handley conductor)
Wed. 7
February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 9 (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
Vernon Handley conductor)
Thurs. 8 February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 10 (Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley conductor)
Fri. 9 February 2007: Simpson Symphony No. 11 (City of London Sinfonia,
Matthew Taylor conductor)
28
January, 4:00pm-12 midnight, 29 January, 2007, 8:00am-11pm. The radio
station of Harvard University ,WHRB (95.3
FM and streaming on the Internet at
www.whrb.org), will be broadcasting a two-day tribute to Robert Simpson
to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death, including all the
recorded pieces in chronological order of composition.
28
January, 2007, 2:30pm. Muziekcentrum de Toonzaal, Prins
Bernhardstraat 4-6 5211 HE 's-Hertogenbosch Postbus 1418 5200 BL 's-Hertogenbosch,
Netherlands. Tel: (073) 6 122 123, or E-mail: info@detoonzaal.nl
Frank Bridge: Three Idylls
for String Quartet
Robert Simpson:
String Quartet No. 3
Sir Edward Elgar: String
Quartet in e klein, Op. 83
Matangi Quartet: Maria-Paula Majoor (violin), Daniel
Torrico Menacho (violin), Karsten Kleijer (viola), Nander Cirkel, (cello).
Sunday
28 January, 2007, 3:00pm. Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass,
Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9RD, England. Tickets available from: Box Office, 124
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, Tel: (U.K.) (0)161 907 5555, E-mail:
box.office@rncm.ac.uk, or online at:
www.rncm.ac.uk. Music from this concert will be broadcast during the
week of 5th-9th February on
Afternoon
Performance.
Elgar (arr. Ball): Overture
Froissart
Gareth Wood: Tenor Horn
Concerto
Eric Ball: High Peak
Robert Simpson: Symphonic
Study Volcano
David Bedford: Requiem
Kenneth Downie: The Promised
Land
Buy as you View Band, Robert Childs (conductor), Owen
Farr (tenor horn).
Saturday
27 January, 2007, 12:00pm. Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass,
Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9RD, England. Tickets available from: Box Office, 124
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, Tel: (U.K.) (0)161 907 5555, E-mail:
box.office@rncm.ac.uk, or online at:
www.rncm.ac.uk. Music from this concert will be broadcast during the
week of 5th-9th February on
Afternoon
Performance.
Ray Steadman –Allen: Chorales
and Tangents for organ, brass ensemble and band
Robin Walker Miners: Lucy
Pankhurst, Heed the word
Eric Ball: Morning Rhapsody
Robert Simpson: The Four
Temperaments
RNCM Brass Band and Ensemble, Christopher Houlding
(conductor).
Saturday
27 January, 2007, 7:30pm. Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass,
Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9RD, England. Tickets available from: Box Office, 124
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9RD, Tel: (U.K.) (0)161 907 5555, E-mail:
box.office@rncm.ac.uk, or online at:
www.rncm.ac.uk. Music from this concert will be broadcast during the
week of 5th-9th February on
Afternoon
Performance.
Eric Ball: A Song of Courage
Dominic Muldowney: Rote Fahne Musik (Three marches for brass band)
Tovey: Pictures in the smoke for piano and brass - world premiere
Simpson: Symphonic Study Energy
George Benjamin: Altitude
Elgar: A Severn Suite
Foden’s
[Richardson] Band, Bramwell Tovey (conductor and piano).
Fri
12 January, 2007, 8:00pm. Bromsgrove Concerts,
Artrix, School Drive, Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire B60 1AX England. Tickets: Full price £11, Senior citizen
(60+) or registered disabled £10, Full-time student or registered unemployed
£3-50, School student accompanied by an adult free; Tel: (U.K.) (0)1527
874163 or E-mail: GillFredrick@bromsgrove-concerts.org.uk
Elizabeth Maconchy: Piccola
Musica
Gerald Finzi: Prelude and
Fugue for String Trio
John Joubert: String Trio
Lennox Berkeley: String Trio
Robert Simpson: String Trio
Montpellier String Trio: Marcus Barcham-Stevens
(violin), Colin Twigg (viola), David Powell (cello).
Sat 18 November,
2006, 7.30pm.
All Saints Church, Kingston, Surrey, England .
Beethoven: Overture 'Egmont'
Poulenc orch. Berkeley: Flute Sonata
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Robert Simpson: Symphony No 2
Andrew Meyers: Encore Une Fois (first UK
performance)
Kingston Chamber
Orchestra, Andrew Myers (conductor), Andrew Nicholson (flute).
8 October, 2006, 7:30pm.
Square Chapel Center for the Arts, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
Peter Maxwell Davies: Ojai Festival Overture
Purcell: Suite from Abdelazar
Arthur Butterworth: Capriccio Pastorale (World
Premiere)
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 2
Orchestra of Square
Chapel, Lawrence Killian (conductor).
Mon 20 February, 2006,
8:00pm.
Warwick
Arts Centre, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, England. Tickets
£11 (£9) Tel: (U.K) (0)24 7652 4524.
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 11
Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor Op. 95
Haydn: String Quartet in E, Op. 54 No. 3
Coull String Quartet: Roger Coull (violin), Philip
Gallaway (violin), Gustav Clarkson (viola), Nicholas Roberts
(cello).
Sat 14 January, 2006,
8:00pm.
St. Andrews Montpelier
Street, Cheltenham, England. Tickets
£7.50 (£3.75) from Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts, Tel: (U.K.) (0)1242
227979.
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1
Rachael Holstead: Roses for Icarus
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 3
E.J. Moeran: String Quartet in E flat.
Quince String Quartet: Chris George (violin), Claudia
Ajmone-Marson (violin), Juliet Jopling (viola), Amy Norrington
(cello).
Thurs12 January, 2006,
1:05pm.
New
Walk Museum, 53 New Walk Leicester LE1 7EA, England.
Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 3
Quince String Quartet: Chris George (violin), Claudia
Ajmone-Marson (violin), Juliet Jopling (viola), Amy Norrington
(cello).
Thurs 25 November, 2005,
7:00pm.
BBC
Recording Studio Maida Vale, Delaware Road, Maida Vale, London W9 2LG,
England.
Tickets
are free from the BBC (no one under 10 years of age will be admitted).
Correction: The symphony will not be broadcast on Nov. 25th as previously
stated here, but it will be broadcast on
BBC Radio 3 and over the internet
during Performance on 3 on Sunday Dec. 4th at 6:30 pm London time. To
listen over the internet use the BBC's
radioplayer.
Also included in the broadcast will be a repeat performance of Symphony No. 7,
by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Grant Llewellyn.
Wolfgang Rhim: Two other Movements for Orchestra
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Reinbert de Leeuw
(Conductor).
Thurs 17 November, 2005,
1:10pm.
Center Stage Lunchtime
Concert,
CBSO
Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B1 2LF
England. Tickets
£6 (£5 concessions) Tel: (U.K) (0)121 780 3333.
Mozart-Bach: Adagio and Fugue in F K 404a
Mozart-Bach: Adagio and Fugue in G minor K 404a
Robert Simpson: String Trio
Montpellier String Trio: Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin),
Colin Twigg (viola), David Powell (cello).
Sun 16 October, 2005,
3:00pm.
Little Missenden Church,
Little Missenden Festival, Bucks, England.
Tickets
£16,
£10,
£8. from the Festival Box Office, Ashcroft, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP7
0RF, England. After
September 27, tickets may be reserved by phoning (UK) (0)1494 868789
between 11 am and 8 pm.
Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 7
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 44 No 1
The Sorrel Quartet: Gina McCormack (violin),
Catherine Yates (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Hellen Thatcher
(cello).At 3:00pm, a short introductory talk on Simpson will be given by the
composer and conductor Matthew Taylor.
Wed 5 October, 2005,
8:00pm.
The
Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE8 2YR England. Tickets
£14,
£11,
£6, (£2 discount for 60+; unemployed/students half price; young students free)
from Sage Box office only. Tel: (U.K) (0)191 443 4661.
Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op. 71 No. 2
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 7
Schubert: String Quartet No 13 in A minor, 'Rosamunde', D 804
The Sorrel Quartet: Gina McCormack (violin),
Catherine Yates (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Hellen Thatcher
(cello).
Wed, 27 April, 2005,
8:00pm.
Spadesbourne
Hall, Spadesbourne Suite, District Council Offices, Burcot
Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 1AA England (Note that the venue is to
be confirmed).
Booking
information: Tickets
£11, seniors or registered disabled £10, full time students or registered
unemployed £3.50, accompanied school students free.
Nicholas Maw: String Quartet No. 3
Julian Philips: String Quartet No. 2
Benjamin Wallfish: String Quartet No. 2
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 11
Coull String Quartet: Roger Coull (violin), Philip
Gallaway (violin), Gustav Clarkson (viola), Nicholas Roberts
(cello).
Fri, 15 October, 2004,
7:30pm.
Little Missenden Church,
Little Missenden Festival, Bucks, England. Tickets
£15 £7, from the Festival Box Office, Michaelmas
Meadow, Little Missenden, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 OQU, England. After
September 27, tickets may be reserved by phoning (UK) (0)1494 868789
between 11 am and 8 pm.
Elgar: Serenade for StringsDavid Matthews: Adagio
Matthew Taylor: Concerto for Horn and Strings
John Tavener: Lament for Phaedra
John Tavener: Song of the Angel
Robert Simpson: Allegro Deciso
Vaughan-Williams: Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Sound Collective, Tom Hammond (conductor), Emily Davis
(leader), Adam Walters (french horn), Clare O'Connell (cello), Helen Radice
(harp).
Set, 16 October, 2004,
7:30pm.
The Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Chad, Brewood, Staffordshire, England (3
miles from junction 12 of the M6). Tickets, call Jill Evans at
(UK) (0)1902 851326 or e-mail Sound Collective:
sound.collective@virgin.net
Elgar: Serenade for StringsDavid Matthews: Adagio
TBA: Solo work for Double Bass
John Tavener: Lament for Phaedra
John Tavener: Song of the Angel
Robert Simpson: Allegro Deciso
Vaughan-Williams: Variants on Dives and Lazarus
Sound Collective, Tom Hammond (conductor), Emily Davis
(leader), Graham Mitchell (double bass), Adam Walters (french horn), Clare
O'Connell (cello), Helen Radice (harp).
Tue, 20 April, 2004, 7:30pm.
Pittville Pump Room, Albert Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50
1QA, England. Ticket Prices: £18
£12 £8. Box Office Tel: (UK) (0)1242 227979.
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
The Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis (conductor), Fali
Pavri (piano).
Mon, 19 April, 2004.
Stratford-upon-Avon Civic
Hall, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Box Office
Tel: (UK) (0)1789 207100. Further Details are available from Jim Page: jimpage@btinternet.com.
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 "Paris"
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
The Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis (conductor), Fali
Pavri (piano).
March 26 & 27
2004, 8:00 pm. Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden, Concord, M.A., U.S.A.
Reserved seats: $18, $15 seniors and students: (U.S.A.) (978) 369-4967.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 5
The
Concord Orchestra, Richard Pittman (conductor), Russell Sherman (piano).
Mon, 9 February, 2004.
Stratford-upon-Avon Civic
Hall, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Box Office
Tel: (UK) (0)1789 207100. Further Details are available from Jim Page: jimpage@btinternet.com.
Rainer: Sinfonia da Camera
Robert Simpson: Allegro Deciso
Britten: Les Illuminations
Britten: Frank Bridge Variations
The Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis (conductor).
Mon, 19 November, 2003, 7:30 pm.
Brown Shipley
Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road,
Manchester, England. Tickets, priced 18.00, 16.00, 14.00, 8.50 pounds
sterling are available from the RNCM box office, Tel: (UK) (0)161 907 5555.
Mendelssohn: String Quintet in B flat Op. 87
Robert Simpson:
Variations and Fugue for Recorder and String Quartet
Mozart: String
Quintet in C K.515
The Manchester Camerata
Ensemble, John Turner (Recorder) .
Thurs, 17 July, 2003, 7:30 pm. Wigmore
Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2BP, England. Tel: (UK) (0)20
7935 2141.
TED PERRY MEMORIAL CONCERT
Artists include: Angela Hewitt, The King's Consort, Robert King, Robin
Blaze, Stephen Hough, Leslie Howard, Roger Vignoles, The Raphael Ensemble.
Proceeds from this concert will go towards funding the last CD in the
Simpson symphony cycle (containing Symphony No. 11, and the Nielsen Variations).
Wed, 13 March, 2003. Shostakovich Palace, St
Petersburg Russia.
Simpson: Symphony No. 7
Classica Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Canorov (conductor).
Further details of this concert are unknown to me.
Fri, 17 January, 2003. St John's Smith Square,
London.
Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings.
Sibelius: Suite for Violin and Strings Op. 117
Sibelius: Humoresques 1 & 4 from Op. 89
Robert Simpson: Allegro Deciso
Matthew Taylor: Sinfonia Brevis
John McCabe: Red Leaves
Dag Wiren: Seranade for Strings Op. 11
Sound Collective, Matthew Taylor (conductor), Mia Cooper (violin).
Sun, 26 November, 2000, 6:30 pm. Conway
Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1.
Bach/Simpson: Die Kunst der Fuge
Robert Simpson: String Quartet No. 13
Delme String Quartet.
5 December 2000, 7.30pm. RNCM Lord Rhodes Room,
Oxford Road, Manchester, England.
David Forshaw: Thirteen Ways
of Looking at a Blackbird
Beth Wiseman: Dances on my
Grave
John McCabe: Trio for violin,
viola and cello
Robert Simpson: Variations
and Fugue
John Williamson: On the Go
Philip Wood: Concertino
John Turner (recorder), Camerata Ensemble (string quartet).
16 January 2001, 7.30pm. Duke's Hall Royal
Academy of Music, Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5HT, England (admission free).
Britten: Three Divertimenti
and Alla Marcia
Robert Simpson: String Quartet
No. 8
Elgar: String Quartet in
E minor Op. 83
Ruggieri Quartet (Hannah Perowne and Catherine Haggo Violins,
Rose Redgrave Viola, Johnathan Ayling Cello).
Mon, 5 March, 2001, 7:30 pm. Maida Vale Studios.
This concert will be broadcast live by the BBC (see the BBC schedules
for Radio 3). This concert can be heard worldwide, since the
BBC broadcasts Radio 3 live over the internet via real audio. To hear this
concert, go to the BBC homepage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/)
and choose radio 3 from the pulldown menu of tv and radio websites, click
on the "Listen" icon and a real audio player will start. Free tickets for
this event can be ordered by telephoning: (UK) 020 8576 1227, or by writing
to: BBC Audience Services, PO BOX 3000, London W9 2LG, England.
Programme to include:
Robert Simpson: Piano Concerto
Other Concerti by George Antheil and Robert Keeley.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn (Conductor), Raymond Clarke
(Piano), Michael Rische (Piano).
Wed,
7 March, 2001, 7:30 pm. The Recital Room,
Blackheath
Halls, 23 Lee Road, London SE3 9RQ England. This concert is presented
by Musicians Against Nuclear Arms (MANA). Tickets are available from the
Box Office at Blackheath Halls (credit cards accepted), Tel: (UK) 020 8463
0100, Fax: (UK) 020 8852 5154. The MANA administration can be contacted
at: 71 Greenfield Gardens, London NW2 1HU, Tel: (UK) 020 8455 1030.
Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, Op. 1
Matthew Taylor: Adagio (Tribute to R.S.)
Robert Simpson: Allegro Deciso for Strings
Sibelius: Impromptu for Strings
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 (La Passione)
The MANA Players, Matthew Taylor (Conductor).
Sun,
22 April, 2001, 4:30 pm. Warner Concert Hall, Conservatory of Music,
Oberlin College, Oberlin Ohio, U.S.A. This is the first public performance
of Simpson's Flute Concerto in the US, albeit using the piano reduction.
Programme to include:
Robert Simpson: Flute Concerto (piano reduction)
Timothy Munro (flute).
Thurs,
Mon, 17 May, 2001, 7:30 pm. Maida Vale Studios, Delaware Rd, Maida
Vale, London W9 (nearest tube: Warwick Avenue). This concert will be broadcast
live by the BBC (see the BBC schedules
for Radio 3). This concert can be heard worldwide, since the
BBC broadcasts Radio 3 live over the internet via real audio. To hear it,
go to the BBC homepage (http://www.bbc.co.uk/)
and choose radio 3 from the pulldown menu of tv and radio websites, click
on the "Listen" icon and a real audio player will start. The BBC
will broadcast a 20 minute talk on Simpson during the interval, prior to
the performance of the 4th Symphony. Free
tickets for this event can be ordered by writing to BBC Audience Services,
PO BOX 3000, London W9 2LG, England, or by telephoning: (UK) 020 8576 1227.
Pfitzner: 3 Palestrina Preludes
Maxwell Davies: Prolation
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Kok (Conductor).
Wed, 5 September, 2001, 8 pm. St Patrick’s
Church, Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. Tickets available in advance from
shops in Kenmare, or from Chamber Music in
Retreat Lodges, Telephone +353 66 9768577, or on the door. Ticket prices:
IR5 (with a refund of IR2 for children under 12).
John Jenkins: “Consort Music”
Robert Schumann: “Abendlied” (arr. For Clarinet Quintet)
Robert Simpson: Clarinet Quintet
Mozart: Flute Quintet
Dvorak: String Quartet
Katherine Spencer (Clarinet), Christopher George and Lucy Jeal (Violins),
Juliet Jopling (Viola), Milan Vrsajkov (Cello).
Fri, 7 September, 2001, 8 pm. Diseart, Institute
of Education and Celtic Culture, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. St Patrick’s
Church. Ticket available in advance from Diseart, Institute of Education
and Celtic Culture, Telephone + 353 66 9152476, or on the door. Ticket
prices: IR5 (with a refund of IR2 for children under 12).
John Jenkins: “Consort Music”
Robert Schumann: “Abendlied” (arr. For Clarinet Quintet)
Robert Simpson: Clarinet Quintet
Mozart: Flute Quintet
Dvorak: String Quartet
Katherine Spencer (Clarinet), Christopher George and Lucy Jeal (Violins),
Juliet Jopling (Viola), Milan Vrsajkov (Cello).
Tue, 2 October, 2001, 7:30 pm. British
Music Information Center, 10 Stratford Place, London W1C 1BA (opposite
Bond Street tube station), telephone: (UK) (0)207 499 8567. Tickets are
5 pounds.
Pitfield: Violin Sonata
Mark Henegar: Dance Fragments and Lamentations
Havergal Brian (among others): Songs
Simpson: Violin Sonata
David Johnson (Violin/Baritone), Yeu Meng Chan (piano).
Wed, 29 November, 2001. St
John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA, England. I do not know if
this concert took place as scheduled..
Robert Simpson: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach (London
Premiere)
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 11 (London Premiere)
The Britten Sinfonia, Matthew Taylor (Conductor).
Tues, 29 January, 2002, 7:30 pm. St
John's Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA, England. Tickets, priced 15,
12, 9, or 6 Pounds Sterling are available from the Box Office (Tel: (UK)
(0)207 222 1061) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
Robert Simpson: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach (London
Premiere)
Matthew Taylor: Adagio in Memorium for Strings
Simpson: Allegro Deciso
Elgar: Seranade for Strings
Malcolm Arnold: Flute Concerto No. 1
The City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Taylor (Conductor), Jennifer
Stinton (Flute).
When dialing UK telephone numbers from outside the UK,
use the UK code 44 and omit the leading zero in the following number. For
example, (UK) 01252 61454 becomes 44 1252 61454. .
