Music
CONCERT: MARY DULLEA (PIANO)
Description:
Playing Marlacoo by Simon Mawhinney
During the years 2008-11, QUB lecturer Simon Mawhinney wrote a sequence of three works, each of which is intended to fill an entire concert. The final such work is Marlacoo for solo piano. This concert presents not only the world premiere, but serves to launch the CD recording of the work by Altarus Records. As soloist and chamber musician, Irish pianist Mary Dullea has built an impressive reputation as a performer and commissioner of new music, performing internationally and premiering many pieces including Marlacoo. www.marydullea.com
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: Free.
CONCERT: BEN MCATEER (BARITONE) & CATHERINE NORTON (PIANO)
Description:
BMS Northern Lights Mini-Fest
Programme to include: Schubert - Schwanengesang (selection) Schumann - Liederkreis, op. 39 Quilter - Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Finzi - Let Us Garlands Bring
Up to 30 free tickets for QUB music & music technology students This concert is part of the 2013 Northern Lights Mini-Fest, Belfast Music Society’s showcase for young local artists (full details of these, and the other two events in the Mini-Fest, plus ticket booking details available at www.belfastmusicsociety.org).
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: £10 (£5 under 25s)
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CONCERT: JACOB KIRKEGAARD
Description:
Labyrinthitis
‘Recomposing the City’ event series
Based in Berlin, Germany, Jacob Kirkegaard is a graduate of the Academy for Media Arts in Cologne. Since 1995, he has presented his works at galleries, museums, venues & conferences throughout the world. For today’s event, Kirkegaard has turned his ears inwards: Labyrinthitis is an interactive sound piece that consists entirely of sounds generated in the artist’s auditory organs – and will cause audible responses in those of the audience. The Wire selected a recording of Labyrinthitis as one of the ten best releases of 2008. This concert as well as the seminar by Kirkegaard on the 9th October are part of the “Recomposing the City: Sonic Arts & Urban Architecture” Project Research Group based at the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities at Queen’s. It brings together over twenty researchers from Queen’s and beyond, and it is co-lead by staff in Creative Arts and Architecture. Events in the Recomposing the City series will explore the relationship of sound and music to the understanding, design, and development of urban environments. Details of this Group can be found at: www.recomposingthecity.org
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: LIZ KENNY (Lute)
Description:
Would the real ‘il divino’ please step forward? Giants of the lute in the early seventeenth century
In their day, both Dowland and Laurencini were given the ultimate accolade, “il divino”. History has judged Dowland to be the greater, but the Knight of the Lute, who lived in Rome, had a bigger influence on friends and colleagues, perhaps because he was better at acquiring them than the notoriously prickly Dowland. From our post-romantic perspective we will always admire the Lone Wolf genius more than a collegial rival, but you can judge for yourself. The programme will include lute music by Laurencini’s heir to the title in Rome, Hieronymus Kapsberger.
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: ROYAL STRING QUARTET
Description:
The renowned Royal String Quartet from Poland launch their second season of concerts in Belfast with a programme which blends old and new music. The concert features the premiere of a new quartet by Belfast-based composer Rob Casey which explores novel ideas of musical space, made possible through the unique 3D sound capabilities of the Sonic Lab at SARC. The programme also includes works by Polish composers Mykietyn and Szymanski and concludes with Haydn’s Opus 76 quartet in Bb major.
- Rob Casey - ‘I Remember it was Yellow’ (world premiere)
- Mykietyn - Quartet no 2
- Szymanski - Five Pieces for the String Quartet
- Haydn - op. 76 no 4
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: SABRINA HU (FLUTE) & CATHAL BRESLIN (PIANO)
Description:
BMS Northern Lights Mini-Fest
- Poulenc - Sonata for Flute and Piano
- Ravel - Piece en forme de habanera
- Ravel - Ondine, for solo piano
- Debussy - Syrinx, for solo flute
- Messiaen - Le Merle Noir
- New work (t.b.c.)
- Brazilian trad.- Choros, arr. for flute and piano
- Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango, for flute and piano
Up to 30 free tickets for QUB music & music technology students This concert is part of the 2013 Northern Lights Mini-Fest, Belfast Music Society’s showcase for young local artists (full details of these, and the other two events in the Mini-Fest, plus ticket booking details available at www.belfastmusicsociety.org).
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: £10 (£5 under 25s)
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CONCERT: PIANORQUESTRA
Description: With Pedro Rebelo, Justin Yang and Franziska Schroeder
16 hands and two pianos...Brazilian music and the piano heard and seen live like never before!
The highly acclaimed Brazilian group PianOrquestra makes its first visit to Belfast with composers Pedro Rebelo, Justin Yang and saxophonist Franziska Schroeder who are based at the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s.
The programme is inspired by the work of John Cage and explores the sonorities of two pianos played by 16 hands using gloves, sticks, picks, nylon, rubber, metal, wood, fabric, plastic and electronics. It also explores Cage’s legacy, including the prepared piano, use of indeterminacy, everyday sound and graphic notation. This artistic collaboration is supported by British Council creating links between Brazil and Northern Ireland through the Transform Festival.
In collaboration with the Belfast Festival at Queen’s.
Venue: Sonic Arts Research Centre, Sonic Lab
Booking info: £8 / £6 Book through Belfast Festival www.belfastfestival.com
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CONCERT: CHRIS WATSON
Description:
Songs from the Silverbanks
Live diffusion of the songs of humpback whales recorded on location off the coast of the Dominican Republic earlier this year.
Born in 1953 in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College, Watson was a founding member of the influential Sheffield based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire during the 1970’s and early 1980’s. His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. Since then he has developed a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance composer and recordist for Film, TV & Radio, Watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with sound design in post production.
His television work includes many programmes in the David Attenborough ‘Life’ series including ‘The Life of Birds’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ in 1996. More recently Watson was the location sound recordist with David Attenborough on the BBC’s series ‘Frozen Planet’ which also won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ (2012).
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: DOIMNIC MAC GHIOLLA BHRIDE
Description:
A concert of sean nós singing from Donegal
Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde, from the northwest Gaeltacht of Donegal, has been immersed in the culture of the area from a young age. This region, which is the last Gaelic speaking area in Ulster, preserves not only the Donegal sean-nós songs but also songs from all over Ulster.
As a young singer his main influences were Caitlín Ní Dhomhnaill, Lillis Ó Laoire, Áine Bn. Uí Laoi, Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh and his mother Nellie Nic Giolla Bhríde. He studied music at university and now works as a full-time musician.
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: ESTHER LAMNECK
Description:
Music for Clarinet and Computer
The New York Times calls Esther Lamneck “an astonishing virtuoso”. Winner of the prestigious Pro Musicis Award, she has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras, with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, and with renowned chamber music and improvised music artists throughout the world. A versatile performer and an advocate of contemporary music, she is known for her work with electronic media including interactive arts, movement, dance and improvisation.
Program:
Robert Rowe - Cigar Smoke
Paul Wilson - It Had to Be You
Lawrence Fritts - Musicometry I
Izzi Ramkissoon - Domesticated Animalia Paola Lopreiato - Inner Voices
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: DR IAIN MCCURDY
Description:
This concert will include a number of Iain’s recent pieces for fixed medium - both diffused stereo and multichannel - and will also feature the premiere of a new piece for bass trombone and live electronics, commissioned and performed by Paul Wilson.
Iain McCurdy is a composer whose output includes electroacoustic music for fixed medium, music for conventional instrumentation and sound installation. Recent work has also included instrument building and the use of electronic sensors to facilitate audience interaction. Iain is currently based in Berlin but is originally from Belfast where he studied composition at SARC.
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: ISMAEL FLORIT (PIANO) DERMOT CLENAGHAN (CELLO) Recital
Description:
Pianist Ismael Florit and Cellist Dermot Clenaghan will be performing a selection of works for their respective instruments.
These young musicians won this opportunity to perform for this event after receiving top marks in their final performance recitals in June 2013.
We are proud to have them back in the capacity of showcasing our musical talents at the School of Creative Arts.
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: ROYAL STRING QUARTET
Description:
Mozart - KV 465 The Dissonance Quartet
Szymanski - new work (UK premiere)
Beethoven - op. 135
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: THE CORY BAND
Description: In Concert
The 2013 world champions, The Cory Band and musical director Philip Harper, form the high point of this year’s Festival of Brass at Queen’s. Presented in association with the Universtiy Brass Band and the Northern Ireland Brass Band League.
Venue: Whitla Hall
Booking info: £15 / £5
CONCERT: SARAH RICHMOND (SOPRANO) & RYAN MOLLOY (PIANO)
Description: Moods & Fancies of the Late Romantics
This concert unites two acclaimed young professionals (both Queen’s graduates) in a performance of Gustav Mahler’s 1896 song cycle, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (‘Songs of a Wayfarer’), where the composer set his own lyrics to mark the unhappy conclusion to a love affair.
This programme will also feature a selection from Richard Strauss’ Stimmungsbilder (Moods and Fancies for piano) as well as some of his lieder.
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: 60X60
Description: 60 works by 60 artists, 60x60 offers something different every minute 60x60 is a project containing 60 works each 60 seconds in length presented continuously in an hour performance synchronized with an analog clock. 60x60 presents a slice of what is happening in the contemporary music scene by representing 60 works that are diverse in aesthetic and style. Works are selected from an international pool of emerging and established composers and sequenced in order. The resulting mix is presented, without interruption, as a continuous one-hour performance synchronized to an on-stage analog clock.
The 60x60 (2012) UK Mix is the second ever 60x60 mix comprised of composers, musicians and sound artists from the United Kingdom. Elainie Lillios is the audio coordinator for the 60x60 (2012) UK Mix.
http://www.60x60.com/2012_UK_Mix.htm
Venue: Sonic Lab
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: JAM CHRISTMAS CONCERT PART 1
Description: Students of Junior Academy of Music
The concert will involve children who are attending Junior Academy of Music programmes. It will include some of the following: JAM Youngest Choir, Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Brass Band, JAM Four Creative Music Technology.
Venue: St Brides Hall, Derryvolgie Avenue, Belfast, BT9 6FP
Booking info: £3
CONCERT: CHRISTMAS BRASS AND VOICES
Description: University Brass Band and Chamber Choir
The University Choir and Brass Band join forces to present an end of year programme of classics and seasonal works.
Venue: Whitla Hall
Booking info: £7 / £5
CONCERT: MARTIN WILLIAMS (TENOR SAX)
Description: With the Steve Barnett All Stars
A seasonal favourite, this concert unites a jazz star from the London firmament with local virtuosi under the direction of Steve Barnett (piano). Today we are delighted to welcome back Martin Williams (tenor sax), lead tenorist from the BBC Big Band; Martin is one of the most celebrated reed voices in jazz, having played with luminaries such as Ray Charles and George Shearing. Martin will also be joining QUB Big Band tonight for their Christmas Concert.
Venue: Harty Room
Booking info: Free
CONCERT: QUB BIG BAND
Description: with guest Martin Williams (tenor sax)
The popular pre-Christmas concert by QUB Big Band and their director Steve Barnett, who play classics and seasonal specialities with special guest star from London, Martin Williams (tenor sax).
Venue: Elmwood Hall
Booking info: £7 / £5
CONCERT: JAM CHRISTMAS CONCERT PART 2
Description: Students of Junior Academy of Music
The concert will involve children who are attending Junior Academy of Music programmes. It will include some of the following: JAM Youngest Choir, Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Brass Band, JAM Four Creative Music Technology.
Venue: Elmwood Hall
Booking info: £3
CONCERT: QUSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Description: Queen’s University Symphony Orchestra & Music Society Choir
Seasonal favourites and popular classics brought to you by the Queen’s University Symphony Orchestra and Music Society Choir.
Venue: Whitla Hall
Booking info: £7 / £5
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