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KEVIN APPLEBYWELCOME

Autumn at Turner Sims brings many opportunities to voyage from the comfort of the concert hall to extraordinary places, whether musically or geographically. The voyage, appropriately, begins on our opening night, when American pianist Jeremy Denk presents a solo recital which, in his own words, charts the history of Western music from medieval to modern. The recital launches Piano Series 2016-17 which features a stellar international cast of performers, including Nikolai Lugansky, Imogen Cooper and Mitsuko Uchida in the Autumn.

Musical discoveries are prominent throughout the season, whether Webern, Berg, and Brahms’s contemporary Herzogenberg championed by our Associate Artists the Vienna Piano Trio, or a celebration of the music of William Sterndale Bennett in his bicentenary year, hosted by pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris. The songs of Hugo Wolf are regular features in recital programmes but performances of his complete Italian Songbook are rare. Thanks to a generous anonymous donation I am delighted that we are able to welcome three

renowned artists - singers Elizabeth Watts and Roderick Williams, and pianist Roger Vignoles - to present these 46 gems. And since legendary performer Pablo Casals first brought them to the public’s attention in the 1930s Bach’s solo Cello Suites have captivated performers and audiences alike. Natalie Clein concludes her survey of these wonderful works in October.

Journeys are at the heart of the visits from Nick Middleton, who takes us on a guided tour of countries which don’t exist, and natural navigator Tristan Gooley who explains how to read water. From water to percussionist Terje Isungset‘s Ice Music. The experience of seeing and hearing the ice horn and iceofon – instruments made from ice – is unforgettable.

Unforgettable for a different reason is American jazz supergroup The Cookers whose seven musicians have between them featured on and been part of some of jazz’s defining albums and legendary line-ups since the 1960s. They visit in November,

whilst drummer Magnus Öström, a member of a legendary line-up of more recent vintage – the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) – performs an exclusive gig in January.

With pianist Anthony de Mare re-imagining Sondheim, hardanger fiddle master Nils Økland bringing his band to Turner Sims for the first time, Joglaresa celebrating Yule, and saxophonist Marius Neset and his quartet collaborating with a 19-piece London Sinfonietta I hope you find some magical discoveries this Autumn.

Kevin Appleby Concert Hall Manager

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PIANO SERIES 2016-17

RGS-IBG Lecture

TRISTAN GOOLEY

HOW TO READ WATER

Piano

JEREMY DENK

FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN

Join Natural Navigator and bestselling author Tristan Gooley to discover the secrets of reading water. Drawing on stories of his pioneering journeys, from wild swimming in England to Polynesian canoe navigation via the icy mysteries of the Arctic, Tristan explains how to spot the clues, signs and patterns in the water all around us; from a glass of water to a puddle, from ponds to oceans. A must-see for walkers, sailors, swimmers and everyone interested in the natural world. Tristan set up his natural navigation school in 2008 and is the author of the award-winning and bestselling books, The Natural Navigator (2010), The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs (2014) and the newly published How to Read Water.

Winner of a 2013 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the 2014 Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s 2014 Instrumentalist of the Year award, American pianist Jeremy Denk made a memorable Turner Sims debut in 2015 performing Bach concertos with Britten Sinfonia. He returns to open the season with a fascinating centuries-spanning programme in which he charts the history of Western music from the Medieval and Renaissance worlds of Binchois, Byrd, and Frescobaldi to Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, and the modernists Debussy, Prokofiev, Ligeti, and back to Binchois..

Mr Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs, in whatever combination – both for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and for the generosity of his playing. The New York Times

Standard £15 Concessions £14 Friends £13.50 RGS Members £13 Students £8

Standard £24 Concessions £23 Friends £21.60 Students £12

AUTUMN 2016 Thursday 29 September 8pmTuesday 27 September 8pm

JEREMY DENK See left

NIKOLAI LUGANSKY See page 7

IMOGEN COOPER See page 13

MITSUKO UCHIDA See page 18

SPRING 2017

PAUL LEWIS Tuesday 7 February BACH BEETHOVEN CHOPIN WEBER

BARRY DOUGLAS Thursday 23 March SCHUBERT BRAHMS

PETER DONOHOE Tuesday 16 May PROKOFIEV WAR SONATAS

BENJAMIN GROSVENOR Tuesday 13 JuneSCHUMANN MOZART BEETHOVEN SCRIABIN GRANADOS LISZT

Tickets for Spring 2017 recitals go on sale in November 2016.

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UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAINTHE GIGASECOND TOUR

ANDREY LEBEDEV

STERNDALE BENNETT DISCOVERY AFTERNOON

Following their triumphant, first-ever performance in the city in 2014, Turner Sims is once again set to fill the O2 Guildhall Southampton as the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain return. The world-renowned, all-singing, all-plucking superstars are famous for their toe-tapping music, hilarious banter, and sheer superlative entertainment. Last year they celebrated 30 Plucking Years of ukulele action, this year they will have been active for One BillionSeconds. In their musical world, nothing is sacred, from classical ballet to classic ballads, punk, soul, rock and roll, ‘The Ukes’ and their hilarious, entertaining, witty shopping trolley-dash through all genres of music has led to sold out shows all over the world from the Royal Albert Hall to Sydney Opera House.

Saturday 1 October 8pm Sunday 2 October from 2.30pm Wednesday 5 October 8pm

Born in Moscow and brought up in Australia, Andrey Lebedev came to prominence as the young guitarist asked by Julian Bream to perform for the Julian Bream Trust. In 2012 he was the first Australian to win the Adelaide International Guitar Competition. For his Turner Sims debut, his programme ranges from baroque repertoire to the present day.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875), composer, pianist, and a close friend of Mendelssohn & Schumann, pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris hosts an afternoon of music and conversation with distinguished guests. The programme will explore the composer’s life and include performances of a selection of Sterndale Bennett’s songs and chamber music as well as the world premiere of the arrangement for instrumental quartet of the composer’s dazzling Fourth Piano Concerto. The afternoon exploration will use historical instruments including a Broadwood Grand Pianoforte.

Standard £18.50 Friends £16.65 Concessions £15.50 SCGS Members £13.50 Students £7.50

All tickets £24

Presented by Southampton Classical Guitar Society in association with Turner Sims

All tickets £10 Ticket price include a cup of tea and slice of cake.

PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE:

BACH Lute Suite No 2, BWV 997

VILLA-LOBOS Five Preludes

BROUWER Sonata No 5 Ars Combinatoria (2014)

DAVID OWEN NORRIS host, piano PETER HORTON speaker BARRY STERNDALE BENNETT speaker BELINDA WILLIAMS mezzo soprano MARK WILDE tenor KATY BIRCHER flute CAROLINE BALDING violin JONATHAN BYERS cello


Jazz

SEAN FORAN

FRAME OF REFERENCE

NATALIE CLEIN

BACH CELLO SUITES II

Folk

MARTIN HAYES AND DENNIS CAHILL

Acclaimed Australian pianist Sean Foran steps away from his work with the progressive piano trio TRICHOTOMY to create music with a brand new ensemble of cutting edge British players. The resulting album, Frame of Reference, features a collection of original works by Foran with an inventive instrumental line-up. Sounds from Foran’s love of minimalist composers including Steve Reich, Phillip Glass and modern jazz masters such as Pat Metheny are evident in the music. Rhythmic and hypnotic, but always with a clear melodic focus.

Lyrical expression in the manner of pianists John Taylor or Bobo Stenson. BBC Online

Natalie Clein has been described by The Times as a ‘mesmerising’ cellist who ‘plays everything with passion’. This evening she concludes her exploration of Bach’s Solo Cello Suites, arguably the greatest pieces ever written for the instrument.

A chance to enjoy first-hand two of the most extraordinary talents to emerge in the world of Irish traditional music in a partnership that spans the last thirty years. Martin Hayes is considered a master of the fiddle. His unique sound, his sublime lyrical and melodic sensibility, creates an astonishing and formidable artistic intelligence. Dennis Cahill is a guitar virtuoso, whose spare, essential accompaniment to Martin’s fiddle delivers an unforgettable listening experience. Their adventurous, soulful interpretations of traditional tunes are recognised the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm.

Starting out as players with considerable talent, they’ve metamorphosed into musicians of unconscionable virtuosity. They play with a concord and an affinity that most musicians lust after, but few ever acquire. The Irish Times

SEAN FORAN piano STUART MCCALLUM guitar BEN DAVIS cello JAMES MAINWARING saxophones JOOST HENDRICKX drums


Standard £20 Concessions £19 Friends and Fo’c’sle Folk Club Members £18 Students £10

Friday 7 October 8pm Tuesday 11 October 8pmThursday 6 October 8pm

BACH Suite No 1 in G, BWV 1007

Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Suite No 6 in D, BWV 1012

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Standard £18 Concessions £17 Friends £16.20 Students £9 Early Bird Tickets Until Friday 1 July 2016 only Adult £10 Children and students £5


Piano

NIKOLAI LUGANSKY

Jazz

THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN

Folk

FAY HIELD AND THE HURRICANE PARTY

Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky stormed on to the scene when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1994, and has garnered fans across the globe ever since. Tonight’s recital includes music by two of his compatriots – selections of Tchaikovsky’s pieces representing months of the year, and Rachmaninov’s works which reproduce musical forms characteristic of previous musical eras. In the first half Lugansky performs Schubert’s works which Schumann described as really a sonata in disguise.

...assertive in articulation, forthright yet darkly poetic in his approach... Lugansky’s judgment of the darkening shifts of mood in the adagio was superb. The finale was thrilling in its muscularity and precision. The Guardian Rachmaninov rarely comes with much more poise or patience than this. Financial Times

Friday 14 October 8pm Saturday 15 October 8pm Tuesday 18 October 8pm

Anglo-American jazz ‘supergroup’, The Impossible Gentleman features five internationally acclaimed talents, all superb players in their own right, coming together to create something new and powerful. They have built up an enviable reputation in the UK and Europe to the point where there is even an Impossible Gentlemen tribute band. Returning to Turner Sims hot on the heels of the release of their third album Let’s Get Deluxe, expect breathtaking musicianship and virtuosic lyricism. The upper echelon of the jazz world is a place of constantly shifting alliances. But even by those standards, The Impossible Gentlemen is a rare and fabulous group of talents. The Times

One of Britain’s leading singers across the spectrum of traditional and contemporary folk music, Fay’s first two solo albums, Looking Glass and Orfeo, won many accolades as well as a nomination for the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Fay’s choice of material and the delivery of it, reflect a rare sensitivity and appreciation of the tradition whilst remaining naturalistic and highly distinctive. With The Hurricane Party, featuring a stellar cast of musicians, she offers a similarly atmospheric concert, with ancient folk tales dramatically unfolding in song.



GWILYM SIMCOCK piano MIKE WALKER guitar STEVE RODBY bass ADAM NUSSBAUM drums IAIN DIXON reeds

FAY HIELD vocals SAM SWEENEY fiddle, vocals ROB HARBRON concertina,fiddle, vocals BEN NICHOLLS bass TOBY KEARNEY percussion ROGER WILSON guitar, fiddle, voice

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FRANCK trans BAUER Prelude, Fugue at Variation, Op 18

SCHUBERT Four Impromptus, D935 (Op posth 142)

TCHAIKOVSKY June-December from The Seasons, Op 37b

RACHMANINOV Moments Musicaux, Op 16: 3-6


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NATALIE CLEIN TAKE FIVE

HOW DID YOU START PLAYING THE CELLO?I come from a musical family and string playing and music in general was part of our everyday life. My father came home with a cello one day when I was about six years old and I fell in love with it.

WHAT DO YOU FIND SPECIAL/UNIQUE ABOUT THE CELLO?I love the sound and the physicality of the instrument, as well as being the bass line for much of the time! There is a wealth of great repertoire for the instrument from the 17th century right up to contemporary pieces written yesterday!

YOU WON BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN IN 1994, WAS THIS A BIG TURNING POINT IN YOUR CAREER?It definitely was an important moment in my life, but of course it’s just the springboard - the important thing is to learn how to fly once you have sprung!

YOU’VE BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY - WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A YOUNG MUSICIAN?Immerse yourself in as much music as possible. Be interested and curious in the whole context in which the piece was written, not just the piece itself. Get to know composers and their lives as if they were your friends. Be prepared to put in long hours of work and make certain sacrifices for your art!

YOU’VE PLAYED AT TURNER SIMS MANY TIMES BEFORE - WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL AS A VENUE?I have a great fondness for the hall and the wonderful audience. The acoustic is one of the best for chamber music in the UK (that I can think of ) and the audience is a perfect mix of enthusiastic, knowledgeable and open. It really is one of my favourite places to play.

‘...Immerse yourself in as much music as possible...get to know composers and their lives as if they were your friends...’


SÓN 8 SEASONS

VIVALDI & PIAZZOLLA

ICE MUSICJazz

NEIL COWLEY TRIO

SPACEBOUND APES

Renowned virtuoso Daniel Rowland joins són for 8 Seasons: a dialogue between Piazzolla and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, fusing intoxicating colours from two very different continents, centuries and musical traditions - breathtakingly juxtaposed and brought to life by one of Europe’s most charismatic musicians. 8 Seasons continues the achievements of són’s Unwrapped series: breaking down barriers, engaging audiences, and presenting familiar works in a fresh light. The idea behind it first came from Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer, who engaged composer Leonid Desyatnikov to combine the works, making ‘Piazzolla speak directly to Vivaldi, and in such a way also Vivaldi to Piazzolla, using quotations of Vivaldi to build bridges between these two different geniuses.’

For more information visit thesonproject.com/events/8-seasons

Norwegian musician and composer Terje Isungset is one of Europe’s most accomplished and innovative percussionists. He is a pioneer of ice instruments; extraordinary feats of sculpture, crafted from solid blocks of pure ice, along with instruments made from other natural elements such as arctic birch, granite, slate, and sheep bells. Terje’s work takes jazz and Scandinavian music far beyond traditional boundaries with poetic use of musical timbre and colour. Tonight he opens with Tribute to Nature, a set dedicated to his birch and granite percussion. The sublime Norwegian vocalist Maria Skranes then joins him for a set with his ethereal ice instruments including ice horns, an iceofon and ice percussion. If you expect this stuff to be cold and unforgiving, you’d be wrong. It’s a chiming, intimate and utterly beautiful world of sound that entrances as much as it avoids any notion of ‘novelty’. Talk about chilled out... BBC Music

Spacebound Apes is a delectable, inspiring story woven together with some of the most breathtaking music Neil Cowley has ever created. Widely acclaimed as a dazzling composer of dynamic and cinematic music, here he reaches for the sky in an ambitious, multi layered and musically confident statement, to present quite possibly his crowning glory. The trio are joined by Brian Eno collaborator Leo Abrahams plus other guests and a specially designed light show. Together, they present a powerful, atmospheric and captivating musical tale. Thrilling crescendos combine dance music’s inevitable rush and jazz’s organic intrigue. The Arts Desk

VIVALDI The Four Seasons

PIAZZOLLA, ARR. LEONID DESYATNIKOV The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Standard £24 Concessions £23 Friends £21.60 Students and Under 18s £12


Saturday 22 October 7.30pm Tuesday 25 October 8pmFriday 21 October 8pm

NEIL COWLEY piano EVAN JENKINS drums REX HORAN bass LEO ABRAHAMS guitar

Standard £20 Concessions £19 Friends £18 Students £10 The auditorium will be kept at a cool temperature so please wear warm clothing.

DANIEL ROWLAND violin, director SÓN Southampton’s professional orchestra ROBIN BROWNING conductor

TERJE ISUNGSET ice instruments MARIA SKRANES vocals


Teatime Special

KELEMEN QUARTET

RGS-IBG Lecture

NICK MIDDLETONAN ATLAS OF COUNTRIES

THAT DON’T EXIST

Jazz

FEMI TEMOWO

FEATURING ENGINES ORCHESTRA

The multiple award-winning Kelemen Quartet was founded in Budapest in 2010, and has since rapidly gained a reputation for its electrifying and dynamic performances. For this Teatime Special, they perform Schubert’s incomplete work alongside the first of three quartets which Beethoven wrote for the Russian Ambassador in Vienna who commissioned them. Tchaikovsky’s final quartet is dedicated to the memory of his friend Ferdinand Laub, who the composer described as the best violinist of our time.

FEMI TEMOWO guitar, vocalsTROY MILLER drumsKARL RASHEED-ABEL bassENGINES ORCHESTRA

Thursday 27 October 8pm Saturday 29 October 8pm Sunday 30 October 3pm

Most of us think we know what a country is, but in truth the concept is rather slippery. From Catalonia to the Crimea, and from Africa’s last colony to the European republic that enjoyed just a solitary day of independence, acclaimed travel writer and geographer Nick Middleton takes us on an eye-opening tour of a hidden world from the pages of his latest book. These are countries that, lacking diplomatic recognition or UN membership, inhabit a realm of shifting borders, idealistic leaders and forgotten peoples. Nick Middleton is an award-winning geographer, writer, TV presenter, environmental scientist and university lecturer. Nick is the author of seven travel books, including the bestseller, Going to Extremes, which accompanied a television series he wrote and presented for Channel 4 and the National Geographic Channel, on extreme environments and the people who live in them.

Femi Temowo is a Nigerian-born, MOBO-nominated, UK-based composer, guitarist and vocalist, well known for his work with artists like Amy Winehouse, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Roots and Soweto Kinch to name a few. Exploring his unique blend of afro, jazz and folk, he joins forces with the groundbreaking cross-genre ensemble Engines Orchestra to present music from his critically acclaimed third solo release The Music is the Feeling. Their collaboration results in a beautiful tapestry of head nodding grooves, contemplative melodies and heartfelt harmony delivered with a unique flair and a contagious feel-good mood that carries every audience along with them.

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BARNABÁS KELEMEN violinKATALIN KOKAS violin / violaGÁBOR HOMOKI violin / violaLÁSZLÓ FENY cello

SCHUBERT Quartettsatz, D703

BEETHOVEN Quartet No 7 in F, Op 59 No 1 Razumovsky

TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No 3 in E flat minor, Op 30


Film Week

SONGS FOR MADAGASCAR

Orchestral

LA SERENISSIMAJazz

GOGO PENGUIN

This special screening offers an intimate journey across the island of Madagascar and parts of Europe. Directed by the award-winning Cesar Paes, and working in close collaboration with the artists and with researchers at the University of Southampton, Songs For Madagascar is a documentary that closely follows the creative work of a group of musicians and shows their encounters with local communities. Through their music they engage with the protection of the endangered regions of Madagascar and raise awareness worldwide about their country. Following the screening there will be a Q&A with Director Cesar Paes, Producer Marie-Clemence Paes and Professor Ulrike Meinhof from the University of Southampton.

Violinist Adrian Chandler brings his ensemble La Serenissima to Turner Sims for an evening feast of instrumental colour from some of the finest composers of the Italian baroque.

Drawing on a heady brew of influences from Brian Eno, John Cage, Massive Attack and Aphex Twin to Manchester’s grey rain-streaked urban streets, GoGo Penguin create a brave new sound all their own. Defined by skittering break-beats, powerful sub-bass, telepathic interplay and a penchant for anthemic melody, they create an emotionally rich palate for the listener that has seen them hailed as the most exciting new band to emerge from the UK in years.

Their album V2.0 was named a Mercury Prize album of the year 2014 and has won them a legion of fans across the world. In 2015 they announced signing a three album deal with Blue Note Records and tonight’s show will feature material from their Blue Note debut Man Made Object.

Pre-concert Talk by Adrian Chandler 7pm Standard £24 Concessions £23 Friends £21.60 Students £12

Gala film screening Adult £10 Students £5 Workshop Adult £5 Student £3 Combined ticket Adult £12 Student £6


Friday 4 November 7.30pm Tuesday 8 November 8pmThursday 3 November 8pm

ADRIAN CHANDLER director, violin, violino in tromba marina PETER WHELAN bassoon LA SERENISSIMA

CHRIS ILLINGSWORTH piano NICK BLACKA bass ROB TURNER drums

CALDARA Sinfonia in C

CORELLI Sinfonia to S. Beatrice d’Este in D minor

ALBINONI Sinfonia to La Statira in C

VIVALDI Concerto for bassoon in C, RV 467

VIVALDI Concerto Alla Rustica in G, RV 151

TARTINI Concerto for violin in E, D 51

ALBINONI Concerto in F, Opus 9/3

TORELLI Sinfonia, G 33

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Documentary film workshopSaturday 5 November 10.30am-12.30pm For further details see www.turnersims.co.uk

Film screening ticket price includes a complimentary glass of wine / orange juice


Global

NILS ØKLAND BAND

LIAISONS

RE-IMAGINING SONDHEIM

FROM THE PIANO

ANTHONY DE MARE piano

Friday 11 November 8pm Saturday 12 November 8pm

Nils Økland, who recently performed the New Dimensions project Songs For Wild Horses in the New Forest, makes his Turner Sims debut with his outstanding band. The innovative Norwegian violinist and Hardanger fiddle specialist is creatively expanding the range of the traditional music of his homeland. He describes his own music as a ‘hybrid between the poetry of folk music and the energy of punk.’ Tonight he brings us music from his critically-lauded ECM album Kjølvatn. Nils Økland’s mastery of Norway’s homegrown instrument often surfaces in themes that sound like folk songs, he draws on psychedelic rock trances, improv, classical music, and jazz. The Guardian

Liaisons is a landmark project based on the songs of legendary musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim. Conceived by acclaimed concert pianist Anthony de Mare, 36 composers from a broad variety of genres from Sondheim’s own world of musical theatre to jazz, classical, pop, film and beyond were invited to ‘re-imagine’ a Sondheim song of their choice as a solo piano piece. The cast list of composers includes Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Nico Muhly, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Ethan Iverson, representing seven countries and 29 Grammy, Pulitzer, Tony, Academy and Emmy Awards.

Tonight Anthony de Mare brings a selection of the music to Turner Sims for an evening which is both an homage and a celebration, making the case for Sondheim as one of the 20th century’s most influential composers - as at home in the concert hall as on the Broadway stage.

Liaisons is a revelation…De Mare’s playing was superb throughout, a combination of lyrical reflection and extroverted pyrotechnics. San Francisco Chronicle

Standard £20 Concessions £19 Friends £18 Students £10

NILS ØKLAND viola d’amore, hardanger fiddle, violinMATS EILERTSEN double bassSIGBJØRN APELAND harmoniumROLF-ERIK NYSTRØM saxophoneHÅKON M STENE vibraphone, percussion


Piano

IMOGEN COOPER

Hailed by The Guardian as a pianist who has [always] put the music before technique, Imogen Cooper offers a programme shot through with poetic nuance. She opens with three folksong-inspired miniatures from Janá ek’s On an Overgrown Path, moves through the striking emotional contrasts of Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, and closes with Albéniz’s virtuoso evocations of Spain.


Tuesday 15 November 8pm

JANÁ EK They chattered like swallows The Virgin of Frydek The little owl has not flown away! (From On an Overgrown Path Book 1)

SCHUMANN Davidsbündlertänze, Op 6

DEBUSSY La Puerta del Vino (from Preludes Book 2) Soirées dans Grenade (from Estampes)

DE FALLA Homenaje (Pour le Tombeau de Claude Debussy )

ALBÉNIZ El Albaicin (Iberia Book 3 ) Evocación and El Puerto (Iberia Book 1) Fête-Dieu à Seville (El Corpus en Sevilla )


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GOGO PENGUINFEATURE INTERVIEW

HOW DID YOU ALL MEET?We’ve known each other for ages and played together in different bands in the past, just not all three of us together in the same band until GoGo Penguin. There’s a great music scene in Manchester and the city is compact enough that you get to know each other easily playing in various groups and meeting at different venues. We just decided one day that it would be interesting to see what music we could make together, when we started rehearsing it seemed to work straight away. We all share the same idea of what we want the band to be and I guess that’s why it works.

IS THERE A STORY BEHIND YOUR NAME?Yeah, in the room where we used to rehearse when we were just starting out there was this weird bird prop that had been used for an opera at the music college in Manchester. It was pretty horrible really, all scruffy fur, papier mâché and paint, but it kind of looked like a penguin. A friend had asked if we’d play a gig at a night he ran so we had to come up with a name fast and the penguin was the inspiration. Not sure where the GoGo bit came from...

HOW HAS THE BAND EVOLVED?It’s tricky for us to tell in a way as changes happen so gradually and subtly but I guess to people outside of the band, listening to what we do, the changes are probably clearer and more obvious. We’re always trying to push ourselves both individually and as a band so I’m sure we’ve developed and evolved but there’s no finish line – there are always new ideas to try and experiences to take inspiration from. Since v2.0 we have done a lot of touring together and this has

had a great effect on the band and the way we play together. We worked with lots of different methods in the writing process for our latest album Man Made Object and, although there were some similarities, we tried to explore new ways of working compared to previous albums. The main thing we wanted to create was a snapshot of who we are right now.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND?Describing our style is a tough one. We all have different musical backgrounds and bring different elements to the group and we draw influences from all over so it’s hard to pin down. Our music has often been called ‘Acoustic Electronica’ and that’s a pretty fair description. We’re an acoustic trio – piano, bass, drums – but we draw a lot of influence from electronica, particularly in the way electronica itself draws influence from many styles and genres.

DOES IMPROVISATION PLAY A BIG PART IN THE SONG WRITING PROCESS FOR YOU?It’s really important both in writing and performing. When we work on new material it tends to be that one of us will bring an idea to the group which we then develop together, mostly through improvising, playing around with the sketch and trying as many permutations of themes, structures and variations as possible. And when we perform improvisation is really important. Obviously a lot of our music is composed and carefully planned and thought out but we leave space for variation and improvisation, we want to let the tracks evolve over time and have space to change depending on the gig, the audience, how we feel that day, whatever it might be that will make each performance individual and unique.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT JAZZ SCENE?It seems to be doing well at the moment, there are a lot of great musicians bringing very individual ideas and there always seems to be plenty of the young generation of musicians finding an interest in jazz. We incorporate a lot of styles and influences in our music and people often find it difficult to cover what we do with one label but there is definitely an element of jazz within our music and I think the fact that many ‘jazz’ musicians in the UK and abroad are blurring the edges and combining all of these styles and genres is doing a lot of good for jazz music.

WHO INSPIRES YOU MUSICALLY?That’s a difficult one, we could go on for ages listing influences. They come from everywhere, not just music but literature, science, philosophy, visual art, experiences we’ve had individually or shared. You have to just keep your eyes and ears open, keep and an open mind and take inspiration whenever it comes along.

WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU LISTENING TO?We’ve been touring the US for a couple of weeks so we made a suitably appropriate playlist of 80s classics like Danger Zone, Hold The Line and the Beverly Hills Cop theme tune. Aside from that I’ve been revisiting some Beastie Boys (particularly Ill Communication) and listening to Hella, Rival Consoles and Taylor McFerrin.

‘...take inspiration whenever it comes along...’


Jazz / Orchestral

MARIUS NESET AND LONDON SINFONIETTA

Norwegian composer and saxophonist Marius Neset leads an orchestral performance of music from his forthcoming new album. Inspired by artists as diverse as Django Bates and Edvard Grieg, Neset’s music draws on a wide palette of sounds, complementing his own sax playing with all manner of brass, strings and percussion to create dense pieces bursting with ideas. Here the dynamics and harmonic layers in his music are fully realised live, performed by the 19-piece London Sinfionetta, joined by a Jazz quartet with Neset at their helm.

Neset’s music has an infectious energy and a harmonic dynamism which is very different, and hugely refreshing. The Telegraph



HUGO WOLF’S COMPLETE ITALIAN SONGBOOK

In a performance created specially for Turner Sims three of the UK’s leading lieder performers present a rare opportunity to hear Hugo Wolf’s songbook in its entirety. Although not composed as a complete cycle the 46 songs remain one of the pinnacles of the song repertoire. Roger Vignoles sums the cycle up as playing directly to Wolf’s strengths as a composer - brevity, wit, precise characterisation, and the translation of realistic speech into musical terms. What indeed shines through these forty-six tiny gems - most barely covering two pages of print, and several taking less than a minute to perform - is the unique sense of hearing real people speaking to each other.

Thursday 24 November 8pm

Pre-concert Talk 7pm Standard £24 Concessions £23 Friends £21.60 Students £12

ELIZABETH WATTS soprano RODERICK WILLIAMS baritone ROGER VIGNOLES piano

WOLF Italienisches Liederbuch

This evening’s recital has been generously sponsored by a member of the Turner Sims audience

Jazz

THE COOKERS

A multi-generational powerhouse band far greater than the sum of their legendary parts, The Cookers have each made an estimable mark on the jazz world as both leaders and sidemen since the 1960s. Founded by acclaimed trumpeter David Weiss, the band’s repertoire is a potent collection of expansive post-bop originals marked by all the requisite killer instincts and pyrotechnic playing expected of some of the heaviest hitters on the scene today. The depth and power of their music speaks of the seasoned track record of its members, who, combined, have over 250 years of experience in the jazz world and have been a part of over 1,000 recordings. If you wondered what has happened to all the passion and intensity, once such essential ingredients of great swinging jazz and now virtually non-existent in so much of today’s outpourings, you’ll find it all in The Cookers. Jazzwise


Wednesday 16 November 8pm

DAVID WEISS trumpet EDDIE HENDERSON trumpet BILLY HARPER saxophone DONALD HARRISON saxophone CECIL MCBEE bass DANNY GRISSETT piano BILLY HART drums

LONDON SINFONIETTA

MARIUS NESET saxophone IVO NEAME piano ANTON EGER drums PETTER ELDH double bass

In association with


MUSIC ON THE MIND

Folk

CARA DILLON

UPON A WINTER’S NIGHT

Composed by Harvey Brough (libretto by Justin Butcher), Music On The Mind is a musical exploration of mental health, with songs of mania, madness and melancholy. It includes a new choral setting of Kay Redfield Jamison’s ground-breaking memoir, An Unquiet Mind. A simply fantastic project. Stephen Fry

Friday 25 November 8pm Friday 2 December 8pm

The exceptional Irish vocalist makes a very welcome return for an evening of classic carols, Celtic hymns and other seasonal songs taken from her highly anticipated Christmas album Upon A Winter’s Night.

What may well be the world’s most beautiful female voice. Mojo Magazine

Loved every single album you’ve put out…sublime, heavily recommend to anyone. Ed Sheeran


Standard £22 Concessions £21 Friends and Fo’c’sle Folk Club Members £19.80 Students £11

In association with

DAVID MCCARROLL violinMATTHIAS GREDLER celloSTEFAN MENDL piano

VIENNA PIANO TRIO

ASSOCIATE ARTISTS


The Vienna Piano Trio launch their second year as Associate Artists with one of the great works of the medium. Beethoven’s Archduke is his last piano trio and considered by many to be his finest. To complement the work the programme includes music by three Viennese composers: Schubert and two twentieth century greats, Webern and Berg.


SCHUBERT Sonata movement in B flat, D28

WEBERN Three little pieces for cello and piano, Op 11 Four pieces for violin and piano, Op 7 Two romantic pieces (1899) for cello and piano

BERG Sonata for piano, Op 1

SCHUBERT Adagio in E flat, D897 Notturno

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97 Archduke

Supported by

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON VOICES BRITTEN SINFONIA CLARA SANABRAS vocals, ukelele NICHOLAS GARRETT baritone HARVEY BROUGH conductor


Christmas at Turner Sims

JOGLARESA

CAROLES OF NUNNES AND ROSES

The five female voices of Joglaresa combine to celebrate Yule with Christmas lullabies, nowells, medieval chants (Nuns Sing of a Rose) and wassails (including the Nuns of Chester Christmas lullaby), all accompanied by fidel, harp, dulcimer and percussion. Joglaresa are at the forefront of singers and instrumentalists whose study of improvisation and ethnomusicology informs and shapes their imaginative re-creation of medieval music-making. The Times Carnival-like exuberance ... enjoyable and virtuosic. FROOTS


Sunday 11 December 7.30pm

BELINDA SYKES vocals, bagpipes SIANED JONES vocals, fidel ANGELA HICKS vocals, harp MAY ROBERTSON vocals, fidel LOUISE ANNA DUGGAN dulcimer, gittern, percussion, vocals

Christmas at Turner Sims

IAN AND CLAIRE’S CHRISTMAS CRACKER

Seasonal escapism with these two award-winning jazz vocalists, Claire and Ian are also both celebrated radio broadcasters (BBC and JazzFM) and their easy anecdotal stagecraft is as finely skilled as their music-making. This is an evening packed with winter warmers and classic songs from both the Jazz and pop canon. Expect 1930s New York, 1940s Christmas cinema evergreens, the gloss of Fifties Hollywood (Nat Cole, Doris Day, Eartha Kitt), the celebrated 1960s Brill Building (Carole King, James Taylor) to the darker spirits of the more contemporary writers (The Pogues, Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell). Unmissable. The Independent

A rare delight . . . simply the finest. Time Out


Thursday 8 December 8pm

MOZART Sonata in C, K545

SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Fantasie in C

Piano

MITSUKO UCHIDA

Thursday 12 January 8pm

Mozart’s well-loved sonata opens the programme from the distinguished pianist. To follow are two works by Schumann. The eight pieces which comprise his Kreisleriana were inspired by Johannes Kreisler, an eccentric character from ETA Hoffman’s novels, whilst the Fantasie in C was composed during a long separation from his future wife Clara. He described the work to her as The most passionate thing I have ever composed – a deep lament for you.


IAN SHAW vocals, piano CLAIRE MARTIN vocals


Jazz

LAURA JURD’S DINOSAUR

Trumpeter Laura Jurd is one of the hottest instrumentalists in jazz at the moment and BBC New Generation Artist for 2015-2017. Her band Dinosaur is a group of extraordinary young musicians who have been playing together for six years and share improvisational skills, musical influences ranging from folk to minimalism, jazz to rock music, and a freshness and inspiration that will make you love music all over again. Tonight they perform music from their new album released with Edition Records, Together, As One. Jurd embraces melody, harmony and groove as much as she provokes with blasts of dissonance and gutsy angularity. It’s the combination of sweet and grinding, soothing and fiery that makes for such compelling listening. All About Jazz

Standard £18 Concessions £17 Friends and Fo’c’sle Folk Club Members £16.20 Students £9 Early Bird Tickets Until Friday 1 July 2016 only Adult £10 Children and students £5

Saturday 14 January 8pm

LAURA JURD trumpet/fx ELLIOT GALVIN keyboard CONOR CHAPLIN electric bass CORRIE DICK drums

DAVID MCCARROLL violinMATTHIAS GREDLER celloSTEFAN MENDL piano

Teatime Special

VIENNA PIANO TRIO

ASSOCIATE ARTISTS

Sunday 15 January 3pm

Sunday afternoon with our Associate Artists brings music by two 19th century composers, one very familiar and one influential and yet relatively unknown. Herzogenberg was a friend of Brahms whose music, whilst distinctive, was largely overshadowed by that of his contemporary. Schubert’s Arpeggione sonata takes its name from the stringed instrument for which it was written. No longer in existence when the work was finally published in 1871, it has become familiar in arrangement for viola or, as at this concert, cello.

SCHUBERT Sonata for cello and piano in A minor, D821 Arpeggione Fantasy in C for violin and piano, D934

HERZOGENBERG Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Op 36 (1882)

Supported by

Standard £21 Concessions £20 Friends £18.90 Students £11 Ticket price includes complimentary cup of tea and slice of cake

HARVEY AND THE NEW WALLBANGERS

Recently united to record a track and sing at the Barbican launch for Clara Sanabras’s A Hum About Mine Ears CD, three original Wallbangers, joined by two new members had such a fine time singing together that they decided to do some more. With this new line up for a new millennium, they revisit some of the vocal harmony material from the first time around - songs like Paper Moon / Sunny Side of the Street, adding some material written specially for this appearance. If you remember what the fuss was about, or want to find out why they were such a beloved band in the (ahem) 1980’s - this is for you.


Saturday 21 January 8pm

HARVEY BROUGH NAOMI ROPER JEREMY TAYLOR RICHARD ALLEN CLARA SANABRAS


See Thursday 12 January concert details on page 18

MITSUKO UCHIDAABOUT THE ARTIST

Legendary pianist Mitsuko Uchida brings a deep insight into the music she plays through her own quest for truth and beauty. Renowned for her interpretations of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven, she has also illuminated the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern and Boulez for a new generation of listeners.

In 2016 Mitsuko embarked on a close partnership with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra directing Mozart concerti from the keyboard in extensive tours of major European venues and Japan. Other highlights of the 2015-16 season included an acclaimed performance of the Schoenberg piano concerto with the London Philharmonic and Valdimir Jurowski at the 2015 BBC Proms, play-directing the Cleveland Orchestra in performances at Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall, and two appearances at the 2016 Baden-Baden Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle. Recital tour venues in 2016 include the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Mitsuko’s loyal relationship with the finest orchestras and concert halls has resulted in numerous residencies. She has been Artist-in-Residence at the

Cleveland Orchestra and at the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Konzerthaus, Salzburg Mozartwoche and Lucerne Festival. Carnegie Hall dedicated to her a Perspectives series entitled Mitsuko Uchida: Vienna Revisited and the Concertgebouw a Carte Blanche series.

Recording exclusively for Decca, her extensive discography includes the complete Mozart and Schubert piano sonatas. Since 2011 she has been recording Mozart’s Piano Concerti with the Cleveland Orchestra live in concert and directing from the piano. The first release won a Grammy Award in 2011. The latest release (August 2014) features piano concerti K456 and K.459, and Mitsuko recorded the next instalment in 2016. Her recording of the Schoenberg Piano Concerto with Pierre Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra won four awards, including The Gramophone Award for Best Concerto and was re-issued in 2016.

A superlative interpreter of Mozart, she will be presenting Mozart’s Sonata in C, K545, Schumann’s Kreisleriana and Fantasie in C for her performance at Turner Sims this season.

‘I am delighted to be part of the Turner Sims’ 2016/17 Season.’


ELIAS QUARTETJazz

MAGNUS ÖSTRÖM

MAGNUS ÖSTRÖM drumsANDREAS HOURDAKIS guitarsTHOBIAS GABRIELSON bass, keyboardsDANIEL KARLSSON piano, keyboards

Tuesday 24 January 8pm Saturday 28 January 8pm

A welcome return for our former Associate Artists. Having presented a complete cycle of Beethoven quartets at Turner Sims between 2012 and 2014 the Elias turn their focus to two composers who followed in Beethoven’s footsteps. Brahms and Bartók both developed and expanded his musical language, pushing its boundaries further and in different directions through the quartet medium.

Magnus Öström is one of Sweden’s top jazz stars, who for fifteen years as the drummer with the Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.), was a member of one of the most famous and influential jazz groups in the world. After a two-year break following the untimely and tragic death of Esbjörn Svensson in 2008, he has since redefined himself, forming his own unique Jazz-Rock band and producing three acclaimed albums. Tonight he showcases material from his latest album Parachute drawing its influences liberally from jazz, electronica and rock.

Utterly beautiful and compelling … the playing is immaculate, the compositions truly inspired, the arrangements magical. BBC Radio 3

The quartet very much pick up where e.s.t.’s now legendary collaboration with Pat Metheny left off with compelling results. Jazzwise, UK

Standard £21 Concessions £20 Friends £18.90 Students £11 Standard £21 Concessions £20 Friends £18.90 Students £11

SARA BITLLOCH violin DONALD GRANT violin MARTIN SAVING violaMARIE BITLLOCH cello

PURCELL Two Fantasias BARTOK Quartet No 4, Sz 91 BRAHMS Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 2


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EXCHANGES AND REFUNDSTickets for Turner Sims promoted events are non-refundable but can be exchanged or credited. We must be in receipt of original tickets at least 24 hours before the performance (4 days for group bookings). Tickets received later than this may only be resold if the event is sold out. £2 administration fee applies.

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BRINGING YOUR SCHOOL OR COLLEGE TO TURNER SIMS£7.50 tickets for school and college groups, as well as advance information on the artists, programmes, workshops and pre-concert talks. Tickets must be paid for at least one week prior to the event. No other discounts may be applied to school rate tickets.

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EARLY BIRD BOOKINGEarly Bird bookings are available at £10 (under 18s and students £5) for selected events throughout the season. Early Bird tickets for Autumn 2016 are available until Friday 1 July 2016.

This offer cannot be used in conjunction with other concessions. See individual event pages for details. Subject to availability.

FREE TICKETS FOR 8 – 25 YEAR-OLDS TO SELECTED CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS Through the generous support of the CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, formed in 1998 to develop young audiences for chamber music, we are able to offer young people aged 8 – 25 the fantastic opportunity to experience selected concerts absolutely free.

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SEASON SUMMARY

SEPTEMBER Tuesday 27 Jeremy Denk 4 Thursday 29 Tristan Gooley | How To Read Water 4 AP

OCTOBER Saturday 1 Andrey Lebedev 5 Sunday 2 Sterndale Bennett Discovery Afternoon 5 AP Wednesday 5 Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at O2 Guildhall Southampton 5 AP Thursday 6 Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill 6 AP Friday 7 Sean Foran | Frame of Reference 6 AP Tuesday 11 Natalie Clein | Bach Cello Suites II 6 Friday 14 The Impossible Gentlemen 7 AP Saturday 15 Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party 7 AP Tuesday 18 Nikolai Lugansky 7 Friday 21 Neil Cowley Trio | Spacebound Apes 10 AP Saturday 22 són | 8 Seasons - Vivaldi & Piazzolla 10 Tuesday 25 Ice Music 10 AP Thursday 27 Nick Middleton | An Atlas of Countries That Don’t Exist 11 AP Saturday 29 Femi Temowo featuring Engines Orchestra 11 AP Sunday 30 Kelemen Quartet 11

NOVEMBER Thursday 3 GoGo Penguin 12 AP Friday 4 Songs For Madagascar 12 AP Tuesday 8 La Serenissima 12 Friday 11 Nils Økland Band 13 AP Saturday 12 Liaisons 13 AP Tuesday 15 Imogen Cooper 13 Wednesday 16 The Cookers 16 AP Tuesday 22 Marius Neset and London Sinfonietta 16 AP Thursday 24 Hugo Wolf’s Italian Songbook 16 Friday 25 Cara Dillon | Upon a Winter’s Night 17 AP Tuesday 29 Vienna Piano Trio 17

DECEMBER Friday 2 Music on the Mind 17 AP Thursday 8 Ian and Claire’s Christmas Cracker 18 AP Sunday 11 Joglaresa | Caroles of Nunnes and Roses 18

JANUARY Thursday 12 Mitsuko Uchida 18 Saturday 14 Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur 19 AP Sunday 15 Vienna Piano Trio 19 Saturday 21 Harvey and the New Wallbangers 19 AP Tuesday 24 Elias Quartet 22 Saturday 28 Magnus Öström 22 AP

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Turner Sims reserves the right to change or cancel the advertised programme. Details are correct at time of publication.

Turner Sims is provided by University of Southampton and gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England.

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