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Saturday 22 November 2008

3.15pm
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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RAM Junior Sinfonietta

Matthew Taylor, conductor

To include:
McCabe: Red Leaves

 

Saturday 29 November 2008

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St John's College
Cambridge
United Kingdom

Details:
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The last and greatest Herald

Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Andrew Nethsingha, conductor

Programme includes:
McCabe: The last and greatest Herald (world première)

 

7.30pm
St John's Church
Waterloo
London
United Kingdom

Details:
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McCabe, Grieg and Sibelius

Sinfonia Tamesa
Tom Hammond, conductor

McCabe: Red Leaves
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C

 

Saturday 20 December 2008

3.30pm
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool
United Kingdom

Details:
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Carol Service

Liverpool Cathedral Choir
David Poulter, director

To include:
McCabe: new carol (world première)

 

Sunday 25 January 2009

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Theater aan het Vrijthof
Maastricht
Netherlands

Marijn Simons conducts McCabe, Simon, Hindemith and Zappa

Karina Şabac, piano
Simons Ensemble
Marijn Simons, conductor

McCabe: Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet
Simon: 6 Miniatures
Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik
Zappa: Times Beach II and III

 

Saturday 31 January 2009

9.15am
Rewley House
1 Wellington Square
Oxford
United Kingdom

Details:
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Oxford University Department for Continuing Education - Composers' Masterclass with John McCabe

This is a practical day school for composers and interested listeners, in which John McCabe, one of Britain's most distinguished composers, will discuss many aspects of the composer’s craft. Composers who would like to have their work discussed by John McCabe should submit their proposed score no later than 31 December 2008.

9.15am - 5pm

 

11.30am
Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom

Details:
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McCabe, Arnold, Vinter, Wilson and Gregson

RNCM Brass Ensemble
John Miller, conductor

McCabe: Desert II: Horizon
Malcolm Arnold: Symphony for Brass

RNCM Brass Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor

Music by Vinter, Wilson and Gregson

RNCM Festival of Brass 2009

 

Sunday 1 February 2009

11.30am
Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom

Details:
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Arnold, Vinter, Walton, Lawrence, Higgins, Howarth and McCabe

Fairey Band
Philip Chalk, conductor

Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Band
Vinter: Salute to Youth
Walton: The First Shoot
Philip Lawrence: Time Machine
Gavin Higgins: Freaks for trombone and band
Howarth: American Dreams
McCabe: Cloudcatcher Fells

RNCM Festival of Brass 2009

 

7.30pm
Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom

Details:
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Vinter, Horovitz, McCabe, Ball, Howarth and Wilby

Michael Howley, euphonium
Brighouse and Rastrick Band
Alan Morrison, conductor

Vinter: Triumphant Rhapsody
Horovitz: Euphonium Concerto
McCabe: Images
Eric Ball: Journey into Freedom
Howarth: In Memoriam R K
Wilby: The New Jerusalem

RNCM Festival of Brass 2009

Pre-concert event with John McCabe and Philip Wilby (to be confirmed)

 

Monday 2 February 2009

7.45pm
The Hat Factory
65-67 Bute Street, Luton
Bedfordshire
United Kingdom

Details:
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Zephyr with Ian Buckle, piano

McCabe: Postcards for wind quintet
Thuille: Sextet
Beethoven: Quintet in E flat Op 16

Luton Music Club

 

Thursday 12 March 2009

8pm
Assembly Hall, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Abbey Place, Faversham
Kent
United Kingdom

Details:
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John McCabe, piano

Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op 10 No 1
McCabe: 2 Studies (Evening Harmonies; Tunstall Chimes)
Haydn: Sonata in C minor L33 (Hob 20)
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Schubert: Sonata in A minor D784

Faversham Music Club

 

Forum Hall, Malvern Festival Theatre
Great Malvern
Worcestershire
United Kingdom

Details:
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Dante String Quartet

Krysia Osostowicz, violin
Giles Francis, violin
Judith Busbridge, viola
Bernard Gregor-Smith, cello

Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Haydn: Quartet in C, Op 54 No 2
McCabe: Quartet No 4 (1982)
Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op 81 No 3
Haydn: Quartet in G minor (The Rider) Op 74 No 3

One of the finest quartets of today will mark the 70th birthday of our Vice-President John McCabe by including in their programme his 4th quartet - commissioned to mark the 250th anniversary of Haydn's birth. We also mark the 350th and 200th birthdays of Purcell and of Mendelssohn respectively.

 

19 March 2009 - 20 March 2009

Music Department, University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Details:
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Manchester University: Brief Music Department Residency

 

Sunday 29 March 2009

7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Street
London
United Kingdom

Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano 4 Hands)

Mozart: Sonata in D, K381
Schubert: Andantino Variations in B minor, D 823, No 2
Schubert: Rondo in A, D951
Mendelssohn: Andante and Allegro Brillante, Op 92
McCabe: New work (world première)
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole

 

Wednesday 15 April 2009

1.10pm
Bridgewater Hall
Manchester
United Kingdom

Details:
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John McCabe, piano

Haydn: Sonata in E flat L62 (Hob 52)
Emily Howard: Sky and Water
McCabe: 2 Studies
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Manchester Mid-day Concerts

 

Sunday 26 April 2009

afternoon
The Lighthouse
Poole
Hampshire
United Kingdom

Ravel, Stravinsky, McCabe and Lambert

Sarah Leonard, soprano
Pavao String Quartet
John McCabe, piano

Ravel: Chansons Madecasses
Stravinsky: 3 Shakespeare Songs
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea
Lambert: 8 Poems of Li-Po
Stravinsky: The Owl and the Pussycat
McCabe: Rainforest I

 

Saturday 9 May 2009

7.30pm
Civic Hall Theatre
Heywood
Lancashire
United Kingdom

Details:
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John McCabe, piano

Schumann: 3 Pieces (Verrufene Stelle; Romance in F sharp; Aufschwung)
McCabe: 2 Studies
Beethoven: Sonata in D Op 28 (Pastorale)
Ravel: Miroirs
Haydn: Sonata in E flat, L62 (Hob 52)

Rochdale Music Society

 

Friday 5 June 2009

7.45pm
Sittingbourne Community College
Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne
Kent
ME10 4NL
United Kingdom

Details:
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Craig Ogden, guitar

McCabe: Canto for guitar
Britten: Nocturnal
Music by Bach, Dowland and Spanish composers

Sittingbourne Music Society

 

8pm
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
8855 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19118
United States of America

Details:
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Month of Moderns III

The Crossing Choir
Donald Nally, conductor

Bo Holten: Rain and Rush and Rosebush
Jackson Hill: Voices of Autumn
Arvo Pärt: I am the true vine
Philip Moore: I saw him standing
Paul Fowler: Potter's Clay
McCabe: Scenes in America deserta
Kile Smith: new work

 

Saturday 20 June 2009

9pm
Krieger Center for the Performing Arts
Haifa
Israel

Details:
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Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

 

Sunday 21 June 2009

8.30pm
Haifa Auditorium
Haifa
Israel

Details:
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Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

 

Monday 22 June 2009

8.30pm
Haifa Auditorium
Haifa
Israel

Details:
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Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

 

Wednesday 24 June 2009

8.30pm
Teatron Hazafon
Haifa
Israel

Details:
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Britten, McCabe, Haydn and Beethoven

John McCabe, piano
New Haifa Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Parrott, conductor

Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
McCabe: Piano Concerto No 1
Haydn: Piano Sonata
Beethoven: Symphony No 2 in D

 

Saturday 11 July 2009

St Mary's Parish Church
Cratfield
Suffolk
United Kingdom

Details:
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John McCabe, piano

Haydn / McCabe recital

Blyth Valley Chamber Music - Concerts at Cratfield

 

Sunday 12 July 2009

St Mary's Parish Church
Cratfield
Suffolk
United Kingdom

Details:
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Sacconi String Quartet with John McCabe, piano

To include:
McCabe: The Woman by the Sea

Blyth Valley Chamber Music - Concerts at Cratfield

 

Tuesday 11 August 2009

afternoon
Hereford
United Kingdom

Details:
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Woefully array’d

Stile Antico

McCabe: Woefully array’d (Festival commission - world première)

Three Choirs Festival

 

Thursday 13 August 2009

morning
Hereford
United Kingdom

Details:
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Illustrated talk by John McCabe

Three Choirs Festival

 

evening
Hereford Cathedral
Hereford
United Kingdom

Details:
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Poulenc, McCabe and Strauss

Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra


Poulenc: Gloria
McCabe: Songs of the Garden (world première of orchestral version)
Strauss: Four Last Songs

Three Choirs Festival

 

Friday 14 August 2009

afternoon
Hereford Cathedral
Hereford
United Kingdom

Details:
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Orchestra of the Swan

Handel: Concerto grosso Op 6 No 1
Finzi: Romance for Strings
McCabe: Les martinets noirs (UK première)
Vaughan Williams: Concerto grosso

Three Choirs Festival

 

Saturday 26 September 2009

7.30pm
Assembly Hall
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham
Kent
United Kingdom

John McCabe, Peter Aviss and the Oare String Orchestra

John McCabe, piano
Oare String Orchestra
Peter Aviss, conductor

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 13 in C, K415
Finzi: Eclogue

 

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