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CONCERTEENIES with Music in the Round (0-1 years old)

Craig Ogden, Miloš Milivojević & Polly Ives

Channing Hall, Sheffield
Saturday 6 November 2021, 10.00am

Tickets: £7.50 per grown-up + accompanying child

10.00am (for 0-1 year-olds)
11.30am (for 1 and 2 year-olds, siblings welcome)

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Featuring Craig Ogden & Miloš Milivojević
Presented by Polly Ives

Classical guitarist Craig Ogden has recorded six chart-topping CDs for Classic FM. He teams up with award-winning classical accordionist Miloš Milivojević for this relaxed concert for babies and their grown-ups. 

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About the Artists

Craig Ogden

Described by BBC Music Magazine as “A worthy successor to Julian Bream“, Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004, he became the youngest instrumentalist to receive a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. One of the UK’s most recorded guitarists, he has accumulated an acclaimed discography for Chandos, Virgin/EMI, Nimbus, Hyperion, Sony and six chart-topping albums for Classic FM. His most recent recordings are a solo recital disc for Chandos, Craig Ogden in Concert and a new arrangement of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with violinist David Juritz and cellist Tim Hugh for Nimbus Records.

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Polly Ives

Polly Ives is one of the UK’s leading music educationalists with a varied portfolio as a concert presenter, narrator, promoter, workshop leader, trainer and cellist.

Polly believes that music should be accessible to everyone from birth and throughout people’s lives. Her career has focused on finding unique and creative ways to provide high-quality musical experiences for young children (particularly 0-8 year olds) and their wide and varied communities.

She regularly produces and presents children’s concerts (including with London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players and Ensemble 360). She has worked with CBeebies, BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio. Find out more. 

IZZY GIZMO family concert

Ensemble 360 & Polly Ives

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Saturday 23 October 2021, 11.00am / 3.00pm

Tickets: £11 
£8 Disabled & Unemployed
£6 Under 16s

 

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Home› What's on› IZZY GIZMO family concert

Music and narration performed by Ensemble 360 and Polly Ives

Best-selling children’s book, Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, tells the enchanting story of an intrepid young inventor who puts her talents to work to rescue a crow that can’t fly. This brand-new family concert brings Izzy’s mechanical marvels and infectious creative spirit to life! Original music by Paul Rissmann features pots, pans, whistles and household items (as well as orchestral instruments). Together with story-telling and visuals from the book, this concert is a great introduction to live music for children. It’s full of wit, invention, songs and actions, and plenty of opportunities to join in.

For 3 – 7 year-olds

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With thanks to our funders and supporters:

JG Graves Charitable Trust, Sheffield Town Trust, Sheffield Church Burgesses Educational Foundation, Sheffield Bluecoat and Mount Pleasant Foundation, Andrew McEwan Fund

About the Artists

Ensemble 360 musicians

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

Polly Ives

Polly Ives is one of the UK’s leading music educationalists with a varied portfolio as a concert presenter, narrator, promoter, workshop leader, trainer and cellist.

Polly believes that music should be accessible to everyone from birth and throughout people’s lives. Her career has focused on finding unique and creative ways to provide high-quality musical experiences for young children (particularly 0-8 year olds) and their wide and varied communities.

She regularly produces and presents children’s concerts (including with London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players and Ensemble 360). She has worked with CBeebies, BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio. Find out more. 

Tony Thornton: A Celebration of a Life (live-stream)

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 10 July 2021, 7.00pm
Online event
This Was Available Until 24 July 2021
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PROGRAMME

Welcome: James Thornton

The Gesualdo Six
Morley “Now is the month of maying” 2’
Byrd “Vigilate” 4.30’
Praetorius “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” 3’

Eulogies: Michael Thornton, Simon and Mark Thornton

Sarah Fox and Tim Horton
Schubert Die Forelle 2’
Schubert Auf dem See 3.30’

Ensemble 360 and Tim Horton
Schubert Trout Quintet
Thema: Andantino Variations 1-5 Allegretto 8.22’
Finale: Allegro giusto 6.45’

Eulogies: Paul Allen and David Whelton

Sarah Fox and Tim Horton
Mozart “E Susanna non vein! …Dove sono i bei momenti” The Marriage of Figaro 5.15’

Ensemble 360
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor Op.132
Molto Adagio “Heileger Dankgesang eines Genesenden” 16’
Alla Marcia, assai vivace – Pui allegro 2.20’
Allegro appassionato – Presto 6.50’

Tony had wide ranging musical tastes. He always said that it was Peter Cropper, the visionary leader of the Lindsay String Quartet, who introduced him to the joys of chamber music in the early 1970s.

This evening’s programme features three composers who were perhaps most important for Tony: Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. 

Schubert song recitals were always a highlight for Tony, especially at the Wigmore Hall, as were also Mozart’s operas, which brought him so much pleasure on his annual visits to Glyndebourne.

I know he would be delighted at the prospect of Sarah Fox and Tim performing for us tonight. Beethoven’s String Quartet Op.132 was perhaps the piece that meant most to Tony, especially the great Molto adagio movement, which is one of the supreme moments in all music, a work of great contemplation and intensity. The clue may lie in its heading ‘Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen’ (‘Holy song of thanksgiving’). The beautiful Mayfield Valley was a favourite spot for Tony to walk and cycle and he commissioned Tim Rose to paint this landscape with The Lindsays playing the Op.132 hidden in the clouds.

It is to Delma Tomlin we owe Tony’s interest in early music and the National Centre for Early Music. It is therefore fitting for this evening’s concert to open with a welcome from The Gesualdo Six singing a selection of madrigals from the 16th and 17th centuries.   

David Whelton OBE

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SAINT-SAËNS, JÁNAČEK, BRAHMS & MARTINŮ

Ensemble 360

Cast, Doncaster
Saturday 13 November 2021, 7.00pm

Tickets: £13.50
£9 Under 26s

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SAINT-SAËNS Oboe Sonata (11′)
JÁNAČEK Violin Sonata (17′)
BRAHMS Cello Sonata in F (28′)
MARTINŮ Oboe Quartet (12′)

Ensemble 360 returns with a kaleidoscopic programme. We open with Saint-Saëns’ contemplative and conversational duo for oboe and piano, marking the centenary of the composer’s death, which ripples with the rich, evocative contrasting sounds of this instrumental pairing.

Jánaček’s high-wire act of a violin sonata is delicately chromatic, monumental in scope and shot through with a wistful melancholy. Brahms’s cello sonata is a work of brooding intensity that works through fire and storm to its glowing conclusion. By turns angular and lyrical, Martinů’s dense quartet brings together all four instruments for a thrilling finale to this showcase of chamber music.

*Please note the start time of 7pm which is earlier than previously advertised.*

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About the Artists

Ensemble 360 musicians

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK for the quality and integrity of their performances. Formed in 2005, eleven musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in South Yorkshire with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group comprising five string players, five wind players and a pianist.  Get a glimpse of them in performance here.

The Ensemble 360 musicians share a passion for the music which radiates through each performance. Their enthusiasm, drive and musicality captivate audiences both through the quality of their playing and their engaging spoken introductions. Due to the flexible nature of the group’s line-up the repertoire possibilities are enormous; anything from baroque duos, through classical quartets to new commissions for all eleven players. 

 

SAINT-SAËNS, JÁNAČEK, BRAHMS & MARTINŮ

Ensemble 360

Emmanuel Church, Barnsley
Friday 12 November 2021, 7.30pm

Tickets: £13.50
£6 Under 26s & Unemployed

Past Event
Home› What's on› SAINT-SAËNS, JÁNAČEK, BRAHMS & MARTINŮ

SAINT-SAËNS Oboe Sonata (11′)
JÁNAČEK Violin Sonata (17′)
BRAHMS Cello Sonata in F (28′)
MARTINŮ Oboe Quartet (12′)

Ensemble 360 returns with a kaleidoscopic programme. We open with Saint-Saëns’ contemplative and conversational duo for oboe and piano, marking the centenary of the composer’s death, which ripples with the rich, evocative contrasting sounds of this instrumental pairing.

Jánaček’s high-wire act of a violin sonata is delicately chromatic, monumental in scope and shot through with a wistful melancholy. Brahms’s cello sonata is a work of brooding intensity that works through fire and storm to its glowing conclusion. By turns angular and lyrical, Martinů’s dense quartet brings together all four instruments for a thrilling finale to this showcase of chamber music.

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About the Artists

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK not only for the quality and integrity of its playing, but also for its ability to communicate the music to a range of different audiences. Formed in 2005, 11 musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in Sheffield with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group of five string players, five wind players and a pianist. The musicians believe that concerts should be informal, friendly and relaxed occasions, and perform ‘in the round’ wherever possible. Critical acclaim has greeted all the group’s CDs to date: Mozart and Spohr (ASV Gold), Beethoven and Poulenc (Nimbus Alliance).

BEACH, MOZART & BRAHMS

Ensemble 360

Cast, Doncaster
Saturday 9 October 2021, 7.00pm

Tickets: £13.50
£9 Under 26s

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BEACH Piano Trio (15′)
MOZART Piano Quartet in E flat (25′)
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor (38′)

Music in the Round are delighted to return to Cast’s Second Space for the first time since March 2020! Join musicians from Ensemble 360 for an evening of music featuring works by Mozart, Brahms and Amy Beach.

*Please note the 7.00pm start time which is earlier than previously advertised.*

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Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK not only for the quality and integrity of its playing, but also for its ability to communicate the music to a range of different audiences. Formed in 2005, 11 musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in Sheffield with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group of five string players, five wind players and a pianist. The musicians believe that concerts should be informal, friendly and relaxed occasions, and perform ‘in the round’ wherever possible. Critical acclaim has greeted all the group’s CDs to date: Mozart and Spohr (ASV Gold), Beethoven and Poulenc (Nimbus Alliance).

BEACH, MOZART & BRAHMS

Ensemble 360

Emmanuel Church, Barnsley
Friday 8 October 2021, 7.30pm

Tickets: £13.50
£6 Under 26s & Unemployed

Past Event
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BEACH Piano Trio (15′)
MOZART Piano Quartet in E flat (25′)
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor (38′)

Music in the Round is delighted to return to Emmanuel Church in Barnsley for the first time since March 2020! Join musicians from Ensemble 360 for an evening of music featuring works by Mozart, Brahms and Amy Beach.

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About the Artists

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK not only for the quality and integrity of its playing, but also for its ability to communicate the music to a range of different audiences. Formed in 2005, 11 musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in Sheffield with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group of five string players, five wind players and a pianist. The musicians believe that concerts should be informal, friendly and relaxed occasions, and perform ‘in the round’ wherever possible. Critical acclaim has greeted all the group’s CDs to date: Mozart and Spohr (ASV Gold), Beethoven and Poulenc (Nimbus Alliance).

BARTÓK & LIGETI

Ensemble 360

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 4 December 2021, 7.15pm

Tickets: £15
£10 Disabled & Unemployed
£5 Students & Under 35s

Past Event
Classical violinist Benjamin Nabarro from Ensemble 360
Home› What's on› BARTÓK & LIGETI

BARTÓK Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano (33′)
LIGETI Horn Trio Hommage à Brahms (24′)

The music of Hungary is passionate, thrilling and rooted in the country’s own folk music traditions, perhaps best heard in the works of Béla Bartók and György Ligeti, two of the 20th century’s most important composers. Bartók’s First Violin Sonata is a storm of energy interspersed with moments of elegance and beauty; while Ligeti’s Horn Trio is a modern classic that echoes the Brahms Horn Trio with its emotion, as well as featuring dramatic effects from the horn. 

“Ensemble 360 [gave] a mesmerising performance” ***** Bach Track

 

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About the Artists

Ensemble 360

Ensemble 360 has gained an enviable reputation across the UK not only for the quality and integrity of its playing, but also for its ability to communicate the music to a range of different audiences. Formed in 2005, 11 musicians of international standing came together to take up residency in Sheffield with Music in the Round, establishing a versatile group of five string players, five wind players and a pianist. The musicians believe that concerts should be informal, friendly and relaxed occasions, and perform ‘in the round’ wherever possible. Critical acclaim has greeted all the group’s CDs to date: Mozart and Spohr (ASV Gold), Beethoven and Poulenc (Nimbus Alliance).

CHOPIN Works for solo piano

Tim Horton

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Friday 26 November 2021, 7.15pm

Tickets: £20
£14 Disabled & Unemployed
£5 Students & Under 35s

Past Event
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DEBUSSY Préludes Book 2 (39′)
CHOPIN 24 Preludes Op.28 (38′)

Chopin composed wonderfully melodic music for solo piano, which is why it is still so popular today.  This is the first of six concerts featuring Chopin that Tim will perform with Music in the Round over the next few seasons. Sit back and enjoy…   

“Tim Horton’s unaffected, heartfelt playing is perfectly judged.” The Arts Desk 

Post-concert talk
Tim Horton chats to Tom McKinney about Chopin’s music and Tim’s upcoming Chopin cycle.

 Free to all ticket-holders for this concert.

About the Artists

Tim Horton

Tim Horton is one of the UK’s leading pianists, equally at home in solo and chamber repertoire. He is a founder member of both the Leonore Piano Trio and Ensemble 360 and has been a regular guest pianist with the Nash Ensemble. He was invited to make his solo debut at Wigmore Hall in 2016 where he will be giving further solo recitals in the coming seasons. Between 2011 and 2015 Tim presented a complete Beethoven Sonata cycle at the Crucible Studio, Sheffield for Music in the Round, and was invited to return to perform a cycle of Schubert Sonatas from 2017-2019.

Tim has performed with many leading chamber musicians including the Elias, Vertavo and Talich Quartets, Paul Lewis, Imogen Cooper, Alasdair Beatson, Bjorg Lewis, Robin Ireland (with whom he has released two discs), Peter Cropper, Adrian Brendel and Rachel Roberts.

JAZZ PIANO LEGEND

Julian Joseph

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 6 November 2021, 7.15pm

Tickets: £20
£14 Disabled & Unemployed
£5 Students & Under 35s

Past Event
Home› What's on› JAZZ PIANO LEGEND

Acclaimed as one of the finest jazz musicians to emerge this side of the Atlantic, Julian Joseph has devoted his long career to championing jazz across the British Isles and into the far corners of the globe. He was the first Black British jazz musician to host a series at London’s Wigmore Hall, and the first to headline a late-night concert at the BBC Proms with his All Star Big Band. When he performed for Music in the Round in 2016, he left audiences speechless at the breadth and brilliance of his improvising skills, and we are delighted to welcome him back to Sheffield. 

“The most significant jazz musician this country has produced for many years, perhaps ever.” The Stage

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STARS OF CLASSICAL GUITAR & ACCORDION

Craig Ogden & Miloš Milivojević

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Saturday 6 November 2021, 3.00pm

Tickets: £15
£10 Disabled & Unemployed
£5 Students & Under 35s

Past Event
Home› What's on› STARS OF CLASSICAL GUITAR & ACCORDION

Classical guitarist Craig Ogden has recorded an impressive six chart-topping CDs for Classic FM. He teams up with the award-winning classical accordionist Miloš Milivojević for this relaxed concert, performing in a unique duo showcasing stunning arrangements of classical music by composers including Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Piazzolla. Both virtuosos of their instrument with international careers, their partnership reveals compelling playing, and their chatty concert presentation has made them firm favourites with audiences of all ages. 

“Some of the finest guitar-playing on the planet” ***** @Reviewsgate 

Post-concert Q&A
Music in the Round’s Programme Manager Tom McKinney is joined by Craig and Miloš for a chat after the concert.

Free to all ticket-holders for this concert.

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About the Artists

Craig Ogden

Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004, he became the youngest instrumentalist to receive a Fellowship Award from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

One of the UK’s most recorded guitarists, his recordings for Virgin/EMI, Chandos, Nimbus, Hyperion, Sony and Classic FM have received wide acclaim. Craig’s six chart topping albums for Classic FM are regularly played on air.

Miloš Milivojević

Award-winning Serbian born Miloš Milivojević has been described as
“A hurricane of imaginative invention” by Hilary Finch, The Times. His versatility as a musician performing different genres including classical, tango and world music, has ensured he is in demand internationally.

A THOMAS HARDY SONGBOOK

Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn

Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield
Thursday 4 November 2021, 7.15pm

Tickets: £20
£14 Disabled & Unemployed
£5 Students & Under 35s

Past Event
Home› What's on› A THOMAS HARDY SONGBOOK

A THOMAS HARDY SONGBOOK includes songs by Benjamin Britten, John Ireland and more
FINZI  Before and After Summer 

Featuring special guest Momentum artist, Gareth Brynmor John, as part of the Momentum: Our Future, Now initiative

Music in the Round’s Singer-in-Residence, Roderick Williams, is without a doubt one of the greatest performers of English song. In this concert, Roderick and Christopher will carry us through the wonderful Wessex world of Thomas Hardy’s poems set to music. From cider-drenched outbursts of joy in spring, to the falling yellow leaves of autumn, expect to be completely absorbed by an idyllic landscape with these outstanding musicians.  

Roderick and Christopher will also be joined by special guest Momentum artist, Gareth Brynmor John, who will be performing a few songs in this concert. The ‘Momentum: Our Future, Now’ initiative has been established in response to the pandemic, which sees leading soloists and conductors supporting younger colleagues by inviting them to share the stage at concerts and events taking place over the coming seasons.

Gareth first wowed Sheffield audiences back in December 2017, when he stood in for Roderick Williams who was unable to perform due to illness. Music in the Round is absolutely delighted to be welcoming them both back to Upper Chapel this autumn, as we do all that we can to support musicians in these challenging times.

“I can think of no better way to nurture the enormous musical talent that is facing such a threat in the face of this pandemic. I dearly hope that performers, promoters and audiences alike become used to the idea that, for the time being, opportunities to make music can be shared rather than competed for. We need to help each other now more than ever.” Roderick Williams

“Our greatest living baritone” The Daily Telegraph 

 

About the Artists

Roderick Williams

Roderick Williams is one of this country’s most sought after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recital, encompassing a repertoire from the baroque to world premieres.   In 2016 he won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the year award.

He is also a composer and has had works premiered at the Wigmore and Barbican Halls, the Purcell Room and live on national radio. Recent commissions include a major  work, World without End, for the Rias Kammerchor and BBC Singers as well as a commission to celebrate the centenary of the RAF.   He was Artistic Director of Leeds Lieder + in April 2016 and he is currently ‘singer-in-residence’ for Music in the Round in Sheffield, presenting concerts and leading on dynamic and innovative learning and participation projects that introduce amateur singers, young and old, to performing classical song repertoire.  He was awarded an OBE for services to music in June 2017.

Christopher Glynn

Chris is an award-winning pianist and accompanist, praised for his ‘breathtaking sensitivity’ (Gramophone), ‘irrepressible energy, wit and finesse’ (The Guardian), ‘a perfect fusion of voice and piano’ (BBC Music Magazine) and as ‘an inspired programmer’ (The Times). He is also Artistic Director of the Ryedale Festival, programming around sixty events each year in beautiful and historic venues across North Yorkshire.

Chris read music at New College, Oxford and studied piano with John Streets in France and Malcolm Martineau at the Royal Academy of Music, where he now teaches. He has made many CD recordings and is regularly heard on BBC Radio 3.

An interest in bringing classical song to a wider audience recently led Chris to commission Jeremy Sams to create new English translations of Schubert’s song cycles, now being recorded for Signum Records. Future plans include recitals with Roderick Williams and Ian Bostridge, further collaborations with Jeremy Sams (Schumann and Wolf songs), CD recordings with Nicky Spence, Kathryn Rudge, Claire Booth, Roderick Williams and The Sixteen, a project with Streetwise Opera, leading masterclasses for the Britten Pears School, a tour of Wolf’s Italian Songbook, and embarking on a project with Rachel Podger to perform and record Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas.