MOZART REQUIEM
Conductor: Bernard Labadie
7–12 April 2009
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante soloists
Isabel Charisius • Markus Däunert
Caroline McPhie soprano • Daniela Lehner mezzo • James
Geer tenor • Lukas Kargl bass
Britten–Pears Chamber Choir • Anton Bruckner Choir
Britten–Pears Orchestra • Bernard Labadie conductor
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante K.364 • Mozart Requiem
Director of Les Violons du Roy, Canada's top baroque ensemble, Conductor Bernard Labadie makes his Aldeburgh debut with the Britten–Pears Orchestra's modern players, giving a particular period feel to Mozart's choral masterpiece. Two outstanding soloists, regular string tutors of the orchestra Markus Däunert and Isabel Charisius, lead the orchestra's strings in the virtuosic Sinfonia Concertante.
Expenses are covered for participants.
Concert 12 April 2009, as part of the Aldeburgh Easter Festival
Supported by The Leverhulme Trust
LPO JUROWSKI RESIDENCY
Britten–Pears Orchestra
10–15 June 2009
Wind, Brass, Percussion course with Vladimir Jurowski
and members of London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski returns with his London Philharmonic wind, brass and percussion players for a Residency and a Festival concert. Ten wind and brass players from the BPO will work for three days on their own chamber music repertoire, performing it in the Aldeburgh Festival, and then play side-by-side with LPO musicians in rehearsals. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from some of the UK's top orchestral players and one of our hottest conducting talents.
Expenses are covered for participants.
Concert as part of the Aldeburgh Festival
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Britten–Pears Orchestra
17–22 June 2009
Bartók Divertimento for Strings • Haydn Symphony
No.90 in C
Bach Musical Offering: Ricercare (arr. Anton Webern) • Ravel
Mother Goose
Strings specialist Antonello Manacorda returns to the BPO after their dazzling concert together in the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival. This programme features a combination of Classical and early modern repertoire, and will focus on stylistic contrasts, including Haydn's magnificent Symphony No.90 in his anniversary year, and Ravel's elegant, witty ballet suite.
Expenses are covered for participants.
Concert 22 June 2009, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival
BPO Bursaries supported by The Leverhulme Trust
SUZUKI CONDUCTS BACH
Britten–Pears Baroque Orchestra
19–28 June 2009
Masaaki Suzuki conductor • Michael Chance guest teacher
Rita Dams vocal consultant
Bach St Matthew Passion
Japanese Bach specialist Masaaki Suzuki returns to prepare a performance of this Baroque masterpiece, for the 2009 Aldeburgh Festival. Rehearsals for the St Matthew Passion will be accompanied by vocal masterclasses given by internationally acclaimed counter tenor Michael Chance, featuring Bach and baroque repertoire.
Expenses are covered for orchestra members (orchestra from 24 June 2009).
Singers must cover their travel, accommodation and food costs (bursaries available).
Masterclasses open to the public
Concert 28 June 2009, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival
Supported by The Leverhulme Trust
CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE
4–13 July 2009
Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews, Magnus Lindberg course directors
Alumni from the Britten–Pears composition courses read like a who's who of composition from the last 20 years, including such names as Thomas Adès and Julian Anderson. A recent alumna, Anna Meredith, was commissioned for the 2008 Last Night of the Proms.
A group of 20 instrumentalists join six young composers to work on ensemble masterpieces of the 20th and 21st centuries, and to provide a live performance tool for the composers to try out their ideas, leading to a final concert where all the newly written works will be showcased.
Participants must cover their travel, accommodation and food costs (bursaries available).
Concert 13 July 2009, in the new Britten Studio
Supported by The Leverhulme Trust
SIR THOMAS ALLEN ON ENGLISH SONG
23–30 July 2009
Sir Thomas Allen is a legendary figure on the international stage. Here he leads masterclasses focusing on English Song repertoire, with a particular emphasis on the works of Britten.
Twelve singers and six pianists will be accepted on this course and may apply as individuals or duos.
Students must cover their travel, accommodation and food costs (bursaries available).
Masterclasses open to the public
Recital 30 July 2009, in the new Britten Studio
Supported by Scarfe Charitable Trust
JUROWSKI CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH
Britten–Pears Orchestra
11–16 August 2009
Christian Gerhaher baritone
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Wagner 'Prelude' and 'Liebestod' from Tristan and Isolde
Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Shostakovich Symphony No.1
The LPO and Glyndebourne Music Director conducts this large-scale symphonic concert including Shostakovich's virtuosic first symphony, and Wagner's dramatic Tristan Prelude.
We are delighted to be joined by renowned Lieder interpreter Christian Gerhaher for Mahler's evocative song cycle.
Expenses are covered for participants.
Concert 16 August 2009, as part of the Snape Proms 2009
BPO Bursaries supported by The Leverhulme Trust
MALCOLM MARTINEAU SCHUMANN LIEDER
The Poetry and Song of Robert Schumann
20–28 August 2009
Malcolm Martineau guest teacher • Susan Youens Lieder consultant
Pianist Malcolm Martineau is one of the world's great exponents of the Lieder repertoire, and here he concentrates on the masterpieces of Robert Schumann.
Susan Youens is a specialist in the poetry of Lieder, having published frequently on the subject – she will lecture during the course on this fascinating area of repertoire.
Twelve singers and six pianists will be accepted on this course and may apply as individuals or duos.
Participants must cover their travel, accommodation and food costs (bursaries available).
Masterclasses open to the public
Recital 28 August 2009, in the new Britten Studio
Supported by Scarfe Charitable Trust
33RD INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF STRING QUARTETS
8–17 September 2009
Isabel Charisius and Sebastian Hamann course directors
David Dolan guest teacher
Our annual string quartet academy goes from strength to strength, with alumni successes in a host of international competitions.
Isabel Charisius was until recently violist with the Alban Berg Quartet, and also teaches at Luzern Hochschule für Musik, and in Cologne and Amsterdam. Sebastian Hamann has an international career as a soloist and chamber musician, and teaches violin and chamber music in Luzern and Basel. David Dolan is a specialist in classical improvisation.
Participants must cover their travel, accommodation and food costs (bursaries available).
Masterclasses open to the public
Final recital 17 September 2009, in the new Britten Studio
Supported by Musicians Benevolent Fund
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
21 September – 31 October 2009
Cast from the Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme
Britten–Pears Orchestra
Garry Walker conductor • Neil Bartlett director
Britten's powerful and disturbing chamber opera is given a new production as part of the opening season of Aldeburgh Music's new rehearsal and performance facilities.
Our new venue, the Britten Studio will provide the inspiration for a minimalist new production by the theatre director Neil Bartlett, who directed The Rake's Progress for the Aldeburgh Festival in 2006.
Orchestra rehearsals take place from 15 October 2009.
Expenses are covered for participants.
Three performances 22–25 October 2009, in the new Britten Studio
Supported by The Leverhulme Trust
THE BPO MUSICIANS' COMPANY CONDUCTOR'S BURSARY
June and August 2009
The Britten–Pears Orchestra is recruiting an Assistant Conductor to take part in orchestral courses.
An assistant will be selected by video/DVD audition to take part in the June and August courses in 2009. The successful candidate will have the opportunity of observing and assisting at rehearsals and sectionals, and will benefit from working on a wide variety of repertoire with a team of renowned and experienced conductors.
Click here for more details about the application procedure.
Supported by the Worshipful Company of Musicians
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