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REEDS, RIZLA PAPERS AND WATER RAGS: Ensemble 360 wind musicians in conversation with Sarah Watts

Premiered at 1.00pm on Wednesday 12 May
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
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Sarah Watts, Director of Performance at the University of Sheffield, chats to the wind players of Ensemble 360 about their musical lives within and beyond the world of chamber music.


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Live-stream: CONCERTEENIES with Music in the Round

Ensemble 360 & Polly Ives

Crucible Playhouse
Premiered at 11.00am on Wednesday 12 May
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
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Live from the Crucible Studio

BARTÓK Duos (49’)

Polly Ives presents a playful, sensory introduction to the unique sound world of Bartók’s much-loved violin duos for 0–5-year-olds (and their music-loving adults). Discover a treasure trove of harmony and rhythmic invention, across these song and dance miniatures performed by Ensemble 360’s violinists Benjamin Nabarro and Claudia Ajmone-Marsan.

Watch the introductory video below to find out more, including some of the props that you might like to have ready for when you watch the concert.

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Find out more about Concerteenies with Polly Ives.

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).

 

 

 

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.

She regularly produces and presents children’s concerts alongside many highly renowned orchestras, ensembles and soloists (including London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players and Ensemble 360) and with leading arts organisations and venues in the UK.  She has worked with CBeebies, BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio.

Polly has won numerous national awards with her work with Concerteenies and Music in the Round, including PRS Foundation, Royal Philharmonic Society and the David Bedford Music education award.

Live-stream: BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS

Ensemble 360

Crucible Playhouse
Premiered at 7.00pm on Tuesday 11 May
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
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Live from the Crucible Studio

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet Op.18 No.4 (‘24)
String Quartet Op.74 Harp (‘31)

Two great Beethoven string quartets full of contrast and reflecting different phases of the composer’s long engagement with the quartet form. Quartet No.4 is an elegantly constructed tussle between light and dark: sparse, delicate and urgent, its lyricism and melancholy is underscored by youthful wit. Quartet No.10 takes its nickname from a remarkable pizzicato section, and the four movements alternate between the wild and the restrained, the raging and the rhapsodic.

This concert is dedicated to the memory of AH Thornton MBE 1929-2021. During the 1980s Tony was very involved with the Crucible Theatre, and made the Studio Theatre available to the Lindsay String Quartet for the very first Sheffield Chamber Music Festival in 1984.


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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).

FOUR BY FOUR: Beethoven’s String Quartets

Ensemble 360 & Martin Cropper

Ensemble 360’s string players discuss Beethoven and string quartets with Martin Cropper
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
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What is the difference between four string players and a string quartet? Martin Cropper (violinist, Music Director of Sheffield Music Academy and son of the Lindsay String Quartet’s Peter Cropper) talks to the string players from Ensemble 360, as they reflect on their journey forming a quartet, the legacy of The Lindsays and the relationship of both groups to those ‘cathedrals of sound’, Beethoven’s Quartets, ahead of this evening’s live stream.


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About the Host

Martin Cropper

Martin Cropper was born in Sheffield into a musical family. His father, violinist Peter Cropper, founded the Lindsay Quartet and Music in the Round, and his mother is the violin teacher, Nina Martin.  Until the age of five he thought everyone played the violin! ​Martin is passionate about chamber music and has been fortunate to study and perform with some of the world’s most inspiring chamber musicians. He enjoys a varied career and shares his energy and enthusiasm for music between Oakham School, Rutland where he is now in his eleventh year as Head of Strings, and Sheffield’s Music Academy where he was recently appointed Musical Director. Martin also enjoys a long standing relationship (22 years) with CSYO and regularly gives workshops for Music in the Round and the European String Teachers Association (ESTA).

BRITTEN & POULENC

Ensemble 360

Emmanuel Church
Premiered at 3.00pm on Tuesday 11 May
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
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BRITTEN Prologue from Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1’)
POULENC Oboe Sonata (15’)
BRITTEN Temporal Variations (14’)
POULENC Elégie for Horn & Piano (9’)

These works for oboe, horn and piano stage a conversation across the channel between two innovative voices of the twentieth century. Britten’s Serenade was written for the virtuoso horn player Dennis Brain, whose untimely death is the tragic subject of Poulenc’s Elégie, a majestically soulful piece. Britten’s Temporal Variations brilliantly show off the range and colour of the oboe, and contrast with the languid opening of Poulenc’s Oboe Sonata, which sets the tone for his last great work: a meditation on mortality and music.

Recorded in Emmanuel Church, Barnsley.


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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).

Live-stream: COLERIDGE-TAYLOR & BEETHOVEN

Ensemble 360

Crucible Playhouse
Premiered at 7.00pm on Saturday 15 May
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
Members of Ensemble 360
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Live from the Crucible Studio

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Nonet (26’)
BEETHOVEN Septet (42’)

Our festival finale features two large-scale chamber works to bring the house down!

Coleridge-Taylor’s brisk, bright, playful Nonet is a lively, upbeat and quintessentially English work, richly textured and brimming with an optimism that balances romantic restraint and a satisfying swagger. An inventive, celebratory work, Beethoven’s Septet is the perfect end to the Festival, full of youthful energy and generosity of spirit, punctuated by fanfares, solos, cadenzas and exuberant fireworks that give Ensemble 360 a chance to show off!


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Members of Ensemble 360

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).

360° video premiere: BARTÓK Contrasts

Ensemble 360

Crucible Playhouse
Premiered at 11.00am on Tuesday 11 May
Online event

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BARTÓK Contrasts (17’)

Bartók’s dazzling Contrasts combines his own unique style with Hungarian and Romanian folk tunes and hints of the blues in a thrilling, three-movement piece for clarinet, violin and piano. Fizzing with playful energy, wit and virtuosic tunes, Ensemble 360 presents this stunning work, recorded in 360 degree film and binaural sound. Performed in the Crucible Studio Theatre, the film allows you to see and hear this work ‘inside out’ as if you were sitting among the performers.


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How to get the best 360 video experience:

When watching this 360 video, you should be able to control which individual musician you are watching, and you will only see one musician at a time.

On a tablet or smartphone you can tilt your device and move it around to change your view; and on a computer you can use your mouse to ‘grab’ the screen and move it, or use the cursor in the top left-hand corner. 360° video is not intended for watching either directly on television, or via chromecast devices from a laptop.

You can test if the 360 video is working properly when watching on a tablet or smartphone by tilting your device left or right to see a different musician.

When watching on a computer, your screen should look like this:
Example of how to watch 360 video

If the device you are watching on does not recognise the video as 360 video, you will probably see all 4 players sitting together in a row, and you will not be able to change your view. We strongly recommend you try some of the following to experience the video in full 360 degrees:

– If you are watching on a smartphone or tablet, switch to watching on the YouTube app. You’ll be able to find the video on the musicintheround YouTube channel.

– If you are watching on a computer, click on the Music in the Round logo in the top left of the video to try watching the video directly through the YouTube website.

– If watching on the YouTube website doesn’t help, try switching to a different internet browser. For example, if you have been watching it on Chrome, try watching using Safari or Microsoft Edge. Your browser may also benefit from being updated to the latest version.

Find further help and tips on how to get the best experience when exploring these 360° videos in our Frequently Asked Questions section of this site.

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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).

Live-stream: BEACH & COLERIDGE­-TAYLOR

Ensemble 360

Crucible Playhouse
Premiered at 1.00pm on Tuesday 11 May
This Was Available Until 31 May 2021
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Live from the Crucible Studio

BEACH Piano Trio (16’)
COLERIDGE­-TAYLOR Piano Quintet (26’)

The first live performance of Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2021, streamed to your home from the Crucible Studio Theatre. Ensemble 360 presents two often overlooked gems for piano and strings: Beach’s Piano Trio is an expansive, impressionistic work of brooding romanticism; while Coleridge-­Taylor’s Piano Quintet is a work of delicate piano-writing combined with rich string harmonies.


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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).