Venue: Showroom

REMEMBERING THE LINDSAYS

Paul Allen & Guests

Showroom, Sheffield
Monday 20 May 2024, 7.00pm

Tickets
£10
£8 Over 60s, Students & Claimants

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If tickets are showing as sold-out, additional tickets for this event may also available to purchase directly from Showroom Cinema: https://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/rememberingthelindsays

In 1977 the BBC dedicated a segment of its Omnibus arts documentary to the Lindsay String Quartet. Tonight’s a chance to see that film in full, with intriguing behind-the-scenes footage of The Lindsays in rehearsals and conversations recorded in Sheffield. The BBC also followed them to Stoke-on-Trent to record one of the group’s hugely popular ‘quartets and real ale’ concerts at the New Vic Theatre, including a peerless performance of one of Beethoven’s ‘Razumovsky’ quartets.  

This fascinating documentary and other footage of the quartet will be introduced by former chair of Music in the Round, broadcaster Paul Allen, who knew The Lindsays well. Paul will be joined by Robin Ireland, viola player with The Lindsays for 20 years, and guests for further conversation and reminiscences after the screening. 

Part of Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2024. 

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THE MUSIC OF STRANGERS Film Screening

Wu Man & Kathryn Stott

Showroom, Sheffield
Wednesday 17 May 2023, 8.00pm

£10
£8 Concession (Over 60s, Students & Claimants)*

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Introduced by Kathryn Stott and followed by a  Q& A with Wu Man of the Silk Road Ensemble 

The extraordinary story of the renowned international musical collective, The Silkroad Ensemble, created by Kathryn’s friend and long-term collaborator, the legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma, is told in this Grammy-nominated documentary.  

It follows members of the Silkroad Ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution. 

Blending performance footage, personal interviews, and archival film, Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville and producer Caitrin Rogers focus on the personal journeys of a small group of Silkroad Ensemble mainstays — Kinan Azmeh (Syria), Kayhan Kalhor (Iran), Yo-Yo Ma (France/United States), Wu Man (China), and Cristina Pato (Spain) — to chronicle passion, talent, and sacrifice.  

Through these moving individual stories, the filmmakers paint a vivid portrait of a bold musical experiment and a global search for the ties that bind. 

 

*26 yr olds and under: £4.50 Cine26 tickets can be booked through the Showroom box office only.

 

“Musically delightful”

The Hollywood Reporter

Wu Man

Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Wu Man has carved out a career as a soloist, educator, and composer giving her lute-like instrument—which has a history of over 2,000 years in China—a new role in both traditional and contemporary music. Through numerous concert tours she has premiered hundreds of new works for the pipa, while spearheading multimedia projects to both preserve and create awareness of China’s ancient musical traditions. Her adventurous spirit and virtuosity have led to collaborations across artistic disciplines, allowing her to reach wider audiences as she works to cross cultural and musical borders. Her efforts were recognized when she was named Musical America’s 2013 “Instrumentalist of the Year,” marking the first time this prestigious award has been bestowed on a player of a non-Western instrument, and in 2021 when she received an honorary Doctorate of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music and an Honorary University Fellowship from Hong Kong Baptist University.

Classical pianist Kathryn Stott

Kathryn Stott

Kathryn Stott is internationally recognised as one of Britain’s most versatile and imaginative musicians and among today’s most engaging pianists. As well as appearing on major international concert platforms in recitals as a soloist, she is in demand for a wide variety of chamber music alliances, playing with some of the world’s leading instrumentalists. Kathryn has also directed several distinctive concert series and festivals and has developed an extensive and exceptionally varied catalogue of recordings. Read more.