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Spring 2005
Sunday 20 February 2005 at 7.45 pm
Elphinstone Hall, Old AberdeenSHADOWS OF THE EAST:
MIKA TAKEHARA marimba
UNIVERSITY BALINESE GAMELANInternationally-renowned percussionist Mika Takehara and the Gamelan in a Shadow Puppet Play based on a story from the Ramayana.
Tickets £7.50 (concession £5)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Sunday 27 February 2005 at 7.45 pm
King's College Chapel, Old AberdeenEarly English Organ Project
THE CARDINALL'S MUSICKBYRD SONG
A celebration of the music of William Byrd, including the Mass for Four Voices, motets and secular works. Organ music by Tallis.
Tickets £7.50 (concession £5)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Monday 7 March 2005 at 7.30 pm
The Music Hall, Union Street, AberdeenUNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader: Bryan Dargie; Conductors: Lisa Nicol & Roger B Williams
Piano: Joseph LongRachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Varèse:Ionisation for 13 percussion players
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in c minorTickets £10 (concession £7.50) and £7.50 (concession £5)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Tuesday 8 March 2005 at 7.45 pm
King's College Chapel, Old AberdeenEarly English Organ Project
JOHN BUTT ORGAN RECITALThe programme includes music by De Grigny, Frescobaldi and J S Bach.
Admission free.
Sunday 20 March 2005 Part I: 3-5pm; Part II: 7-9.45 pm
St Andrew's Cathedral, King Street, AberdeenUNIVERSITY CHORAL SOCIETY
J S Bach: ST MATTHEW PASSIONEvangelist: Neil Mackie
Christus: Alan Watt
Soprano: Pat McMahon
Mezzo-soprano: Katherine Smith
Pilate: Simon HartConductor: Roger B Williams
Tickets £10 (concession £7.50)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Wednesday 23 March 2005 at 9 pm
St Mary's Cathedral, Huntly Street, AberdeenCAPPELLA NOVA & ABERDEEN SCHOLA
LIGHT OF THE WORLDEight singers from Cappella Nova, directed by Alan Tavener, sing renaissance polyphony from Spain and Portugal alongside the world première of two luminous new works: "He who clothed Himself with Light" and "Aurora radius" by Ivan Moody. Plainsong from the Tenebrae liturgies will be sung by the Aberdeen Schola, directed by Roger B Williams.
Tickets £9 (concessions £6.50)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Friday 15 April 2005 at 7.45 pm
King's College Chapel, Old AberdeenEarly English Organ Project:
FESTIVAL OF ORGANS AND VIRGINALS
DAVITT MORONEY
Programme of music by Byrd
Tickets £5
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Saturday 16 April 2005 at 6 pm
King's College Chapel, Old AberdeenEarly English Organ Project:
FESTIVAL OF ORGANS AND VIRGINALS
PIETER DIRKSENMusic by Preston, Blitheman, Byrd and Bull
Tickets £5
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Sunday 17 April 2005 at 2 pm
King's College Chapel, Old AberdeenEarly English Organ Project:
FESTIVAL OF ORGANS AND VIRGINALS
RACHELLE TAYLORKeyboard works of Tallis
Tickets £5
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Sunday 8 May 2005 at 7.45 pm
Mitchell Hall, Marischal College, AberdeenMUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING
An evening of music with the University Concert Band, the Edinburgh Quartet playing with the University String Ensemble (Dvorak: Serenade for Strings) and the finals of the competition to find the University Scottish Musician of the Year.
Tickets £7.50 (concession £5)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
Thursday 12 May 2005 at 7.45 pm
Marischal Museum, Marischal College, AberdeenDISCOVERIES XXXIII
with Alistair MacDonald (live electronics) and Pete Dowling (saxophones) featuring electroacoustic music by composers from Scotland.
Bill Thompson - resonare / in absentia
Pete Stollery - Peel; Robert Dow - Black Ice; James Wyness - Cut Glass Bowls; Kirsty Robertson - *new work; Diana Simpson - Earthed
The evening is divided into three parts. At 1945, the new sound installation by Bill Thompson, specifically designed for the Marischal Museum, will be launched in the south gallery.
This is followed at around 2010 by five electroacoustic pieces projected over a multi-channel loudspeaker diffusion system in the north gallery, featuring music by Kirsty Robertson, Pete Stollery, Diana Simpson, James Wyness, and Robert Dow.
The evening continues at 2115 with live electroacoustic improvisation in the north gallery from Alistair MacDonald and Pete Dowling.Tickets £7.50 (concession £5)
included in Concert Supporter Scheme
TICKETS
Ticket prices are indicated for each concert. Apart from concerts held in the Music Hall, seats are unreserved. For concerts held in the Music Hall tickets are £10 ( £7.50 concession) and £7.50 ( £5.00 concession), according to seating area. Except for the concerts which are admission free, tickets are available from Aberdeen Box Office, Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS (Tel: 01224 641122) or at the door of each concert until all tickets are sold.
University Music Concert Supporters Scheme
A subscription to the 10 concerts (indicated below) covered by this scheme is £32 (concession £25 ) and is available from University Music Office (Tel: 01224-272571 Email: music@abdn.ac.uk ).
- 20 February: Mika Takehara & Gamelan
- 27 February: The Cardinall's Musick
- 7 March: University Symphony Orchestra & Joseph Long
- 20 March (2 parts): University Choral Society
- 23 March: Cappella Nova & Aberdeen Schola
- 15 April: Davitt Moroney
- 16 April: Pieter Dirksen
- 17 April: Rachelle Taylor
- 8 May: Music for a Summer Evemomg
- 12 May: Discoveries XXXIII
Information correct at last update.
Up to date information from University Music: Tel 01224-272571 Email: music@abdn.ac.uk
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