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MONTHSPRING 2019

WORLD-CLASS YOUNG MUSICIANS WORKING WITH:MARIN ALSOPBBC SINGERS

ALLAN CLAYTONJAMES EHNES

SIR MARK ELDERREUBEN FOWLER

RICHARD GOODEGEORG FRIEDRICH HAASPHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

HARTMUT HÖLLTASMIN LITTLE

NASH ENSEMBLE

ISABELLE PERRINTREVOR PINNOCKRACHEL PODGER

CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERGANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR

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THE PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME

Welcome to Spring at the Academy.

Collaboration, between departments, visiting artists and organisations, is an integral part of Academy life, enriching our programming and creating exciting opportunities for our students. Our commitment to developing these important relationships will be evident in the pages that follow.

Having performed all the Bach Cantatas over 10 years, we embark on our new Bach the European series, which opens with Trevor Pinnock conducting the mighty St Matthew Passion, followed by Bach and the Extended Family directed by Philippe Herreweghe. Royal Academy Opera’s double bill of Iolanta and L’enfant et les sortilèges showcases our exceptional young singers, a series of chamber music and related talks pay tribute to our theme of Amazing Women of the Academy, and the Academy Big Band celebrates the 40-year anniversary of Steely Dan’s Aja with a roof-raising concert.

Our students will also work with some of the most established names in the profession. Among those sharing their expertise in masterclasses this term are Richard Goode, James Ehnes, Allan Clayton and Claude-Michel Schönberg. Composers in Residence Georg Friedrich Haas and Anna Thorvaldsdottir will work closely with our student composers on several projects, while Marin Alsop, Sir Mark Elder and John Wilson will put the Academy Symphony Orchestra through its paces with rousing repertoire that includes Strauss, Hindemith, Bax and Shostakovich.

This is just a flavour of what’s on offer. If you’re new to the Academy or haven’t visited for a while, do come and see us at work – you will, I hope, be persuaded by the quality and range of our programme to keep coming back.

A final word: we rely on our donors to help fund performances and events, and are grateful for their generous support. To find out how you can make an impact on the lives of our students, please visit www.ram.ac.uk/support.

Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood CBE

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ACADEMY EVENT SERIES

Drop-in Lunchtime TourVenue Museum Ground Floor Tickets Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis Join this free tour of the museum, which takes you around all three of the galleries. Meet in the Ground Floor Gallery.

2JANUARYWEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

Meraki Trio THURSseries

Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Momoko Arima violinYong Jun Lee cello Mateusz Duda piano

Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97, ‘Archduke’

10JANUARYTHURSDAY, 1.05pm

The Loves of Mars and Venus Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

The Loves of Mars and Venus by John Weaver was the first modern ballet, telling a story through dance, gesture and music. Its first performance was at Drury Lane in 1717. The history books say the score and choreography were lost, but did they ever exist as such? A detective story led by Evelyn Nallen.

9JANUARYWEDNESDAY, 6-7.30pm Trumpet

MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.

10JANUARYTHURSDAY, 2-5pm

Spagnoletti, Paganini, LindleyVenue Museum Strings Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Peter Sheppard Skærved explores the ideas and personalities evoked by the visit of the del Gesù violin owned by Paolo Spagnoletti to the Academy Museum.

14JANUARYMONDAY, 6.30-8pm

Tuesday and Thursday Series

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Our popular series of lunchtime concerts of music for soloists and small ensembles

Friday Series FRIseriesLarge-scale performances in the Duke’s Hall

Bach the European

In collaboration with the Kohn Foundation and Fondation Meyer

Strings at Home

Events with our distinguished professors of strings

Historical Performance MasterclassVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Rachel Podger, internationally renowned Baroque violinist, the Gramophone Awards’ 2018 Artist of the Year and Micaela Comberti Chair of Baroque Violin at the Academy.

14 JANUARYMONDAY, 2.30-5.30pm

Guitar MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Fabio Zanon, Visiting Professor of Guitar at the Academy.

14JANUARYMONDAY, 6-9pm

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Violin Masterclass Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets £5 (concessions £4) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

With James Ehnes, Visiting Professor of Violin, who gives a nuanced balance of practical and visionary ways for students to think about their playing.

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Piano Masterclass Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Visiting Professor of Piano Richard Goode, one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic repertoire.

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Sarah Gilford sopranoSarah Anne Champion mezzo-sopranoMiriam Nohl celloSergio Bucheli theorbo

Gabrielli Cello Sonata No 1 in GStrozzi Lagrime mie; Begli occhi; Amor non si fuggeCaccini O vive rose; Lasciatemi qui soloMonteverdi O come sei gentile; Pulchra es; Pur ti miro fromL’incoronazione di Poppea

15JANUARYTUESDAY, 1.05pm

Violin Sonatas THURSseries


Kumi Shimizu violinMarina Kan piano

Beethoven Violin Sonata in C minor, Op 30 No 2Franck Violin Sonata in A


Soundbox Venue Museum Strings Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required

Soundbox is a series of events inspired by the Academy’s Museum and collections. Presented by Peter Sheppard Skærved, violinist and Viotti Lecturer, each event explores the historical and contemporary relationships between performers, composers, instruments and instrument makers.

17JANUARYTHURSDAY, 12.30-2pm

Academy TotsVenue Museum Strings Gallery Tickets Child £5, adult £3 available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details. Maximum 3 children and 2 adults per booking

Inquisitive tots and parents are invited to this interactive session designed for children aged 2-4. Hear live music performed by Open Academy Fellows and explore making music through group play with percussion instruments.

18JANUARYFRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am

Harp MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Isabelle Perrin, professor and Head of Strings and Harp at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and Visiting Professor of Harp at the Academy.

17JANUARYTHURSDAY, 2-5pm

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Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Marin Alsop conductor

Strauss Der Rosenkavalier SuiteHindemith Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’

Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and recently appointed Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducts two orchestral works often associated with their operatic counterparts, opening with the suite from Strauss’s comic opera, Der Rosenkavalier.

Unlike Strauss’s more commonly performed work, Hindemith’s symphony was composed before its operatic partner piece, Mathis der Maler. Inspired by the religious works of German Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald, each movement of the symphony is based on one of the artist’s panelled tableaux.

18JANUARYFRIDAY, 1.05pm

Worshipful Company of Musicians Harriet Cohen Bach PrizeVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Students present their own choice of keyboard work by JS Bach. This prize is generously sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Musicians in memory of the distinguished English pianist and Academy alumna Harriet Cohen. A second prize is awarded as the Harold Samuel Prize.

21 JANUARYMONDAY, 10am

Organ RecitalVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Franck Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor, Op 18; Offertoire in B; Choral No 2 in B minor; Choral No 3 in A minor; Sept pièces en la bémol from L’organiste

One of a series of recitals featuring the complete organ works of César Franck, together with harmonium pieces from L’organiste, performed by Academy organ students.

21JANUARYMONDAY, 7pm

Choral Conducting DayVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

10.30am-1pm: Masterclass 2-3.45pm: Masterclass 4pm: Concert

The Academy’s choral conducting students work with the BBC Singers and one of the country’s leading choral conductors and pedagogues, Paul Brough, on music from the Romantic and modern eras.

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23Cello Masterclass Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Sung-Won Yang, cellist of Trio Owon and Visiting Professor of Cello at the Academy.

Violin Masterclass Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Olivier Charlier, violinist of Trio Owon.

Chamber Music MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Trio Owon explore piano trio repertoire.

Buffet Crampon Prize Winner’s Recital TUES

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Sam Gillespie clarinet Henry Kennedy basset hornKatariina Ahjoniemi accordionAndrei Iliushkin piano Steven Neugarten piano

Mendelssohn Konzertstück in D minor, Op 114Bax Clarinet Sonata Carter Gra Lutosławski Dance Preludes

A recital given by the winner of the 2018 Buffet Crampon Clarinet Prize, Sam Gillespie.

22JANUARYTUESDAY, 1.05pm

Brahms and BridgeVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Anne-Sofie Søby Jensen mezzo-sopranoEdward Keenan violaLeo Nicholson piano

Brahms Heimweh II, Op 63 No 8; Ständchen, Op 106 No 1; Unbewegte laue Luft, Op 57 No 8; Vergebliches Ständchen, Op 84 No 4; Therese, Op 86 No 1; Die Mainacht, Op 43 No 2; Zwei Gesänge, Op 91Bridge Two Pieces for viola and piano; Three Songs for medium voice, viola and piano

22JANUARYTUESDAY, 7pm

The Actresses’ Franchise LeagueVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

The Actresses’ Franchise League was founded in 1908 to unite women from across the theatre professions who wanted to support the Votes for Women movement. This talk explores the work of the League, focusing on the musicians, composers and performers who used their talents for the cause, led by Dr Naomi Paxton, Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London.

23JANUARYWEDNESDAY, 6.30-7.30pm

10am-1pm 2-5pm 6-9pm

Musical Tour: Development of the PianoVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis

Honorary Research Fellow Dr Elena Vorotko gives a specialist guided tour of the Academy Museum’s historic keyboard collection, providing an insight into how the instrument has developed over 300 years. Enjoy a rare chance to both hear and see inside our historical keyboards.

22 JANUARYTUESDAY, 11.45am-12.45pm

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London and Vienna Quartet AllianceVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1, Hob III:81Shostakovich String Quartet No 5 in B flat, Op 92Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20 The Echéa Quartet from the Academy and the Selini Quartett from the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien present quartets by Haydn and Shostakovich before combining for Mendelssohn’s celebrated Octet, following two days of intensive rehearsal under the supervision of Johannes Meissl. This concert will be repeated on Monday 28 January at the Musikverein in Vienna.

Academy Horn EnsembleVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Michael Thompson director

Rossini arr John Humphries Overture to The Barber of SevilleEdward Chance Vinyl GroovesMendelssohn Nocturne and Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s DreamJoseph Landers Nocturne in Blue and GreenBarber arr Tony Rickard AdagioChabrier arr Richard Payne España

Michael Thompson, Aubrey Brain Chair of Horn, directs Academy horn students in an eclectic programme of original works and arrangements.

24JANUARYTHURSDAY, 7pm

Pavarotti PrizeVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Final-year Royal Academy Opera students sing contrasting pieces from mainstream operatic repertoire. The prize of £7,000 is generously donated by Joseph and Jill Karaviotis.

25JANUARYFRIDAY, 6pm

Academy Saxophone Ensemble THURS

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In its inaugural concert, the Academy Saxophone Ensemble presents a piece written and devised by its members, which depicts a musical journey around some of the most interesting locations in the Academy building.


SolsticesVenue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Aaron Holloway-Nahum conductor The Riot Ensemble

Georg Friedrich Haas Solstices

The UK premiere of Georg Friedrich Haas’s new 70-minute piece, Solstices, performed by The Riot Ensemble. Dedicated to Haas’s wife Mollena, the work is performed entirely from memory in darkness. The music requires a process of deep listening from the musicians, who slowly tune a series of overtone chords before the piece breaks out into a variety of musical games and interactions. Co-commissioned by The Riot Ensemble, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, November Music and Reykjavík Dark Music Days.

This concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for future broadcast.

8pmAnachronismVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Christopher Austin conductor Aaron Holloway-Nahum conductor Academy Manson Ensemble The Riot Ensemble Bradley Johnson, Alex Hart, Hugh Millington and Dimitrios Soukaras guitar

Georg Friedrich Haas Anachronism Georg Friedrich Haas Guitar Quartet Plus new works by Academy composers

Two works by the internationally acclaimed Georg Friedrich Haas frame four premieres of new pieces by Academy postgraduate composers, written with guidance from Haas during a series of workshops with The Riot Ensemble.

1.05pmIn ConversationVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Writer and broadcaster Paul Morley talks to Georg Friedrich Haas about his life and career.

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Clarinet MasterclassVenue Concert Room Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Andrew Marriner, Principal Clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra and Visiting Professor of Clarinet at the Academy.

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Academy Song Circle: SchubertiadeVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Our annual celebration of Schubert’s birthday has become a perennial favourite in the Academy calendar.

31 JANUARYTHURSDAY, 7pm

Trios of the 90s THURSseries


James Gilbert clarinetMiguel Sobrinho viola Alim Beisembayev piano

Thierry Escaich Trio Américain (Suppliques)John Woolrich A FarewellFrançaix Trio




1 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am

Academy Big Band Venue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Reuben Fowler conductor Hamish Stuart vocalsGareth Lockrane flute Paul Booth saxophone Tom Walsh trumpet

The Academy welcomes legendary vocalist and songwriter Hamish Stuart to perform with the Academy Big Band in a celebration of the music of Steely Dan. Commemorating 40 years of their seminal album, Aja, plus other classics, we are proud to invite award-winning composer/arranger and jazz alumnus Reuben Fowler to lead the band in his new arrangements of the music of Steely Dan’s composers, Donald Fagen and the late Walter Becker.

The concert also features special guest soloists Gareth Lockrane, Tom Walsh and Paul Booth.

1 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 7.30pm

Guitar MasterclassVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With David Russell, Visiting Professor of Guitar at the Academy.

1 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 6-9pm

Academy Flute EnsembleVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required Programme to include:Dukas arr Carla Rees The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Kate Hill conducts Academy flute students in a programme of original works and arrangements.

30JANUARYWEDNESDAY, 7pm

Colour and MusicVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Deborah Pritchard explores her synaesthetic approach to composition and collaboration with artist Maggi Hambling. The composer discusses her music maps and visualisations that are currently on display as part of the museum’s exhibition, accompanied by a performance of her solo violin piece Inside Colour.

29JANUARYTUESDAY, 6.30-7.30pm

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‘THE PERFECT SUNDAY LUNCH

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Supported by the Kohn Foundation

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Bach and the Dramatic Impulse: St Matthew Passion Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets Sold out (returns only); see www.ram.ac.uk/bach for further information

Trevor Pinnock directorRyan Williams tenor (Evangelist)Michael Ronan baritone (Christus)

JS Bach St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

What better place to begin our new Bach the European series than with this great peak of European civilisation? Known within Bach’s circle during his lifetime as ‘the Great Passion’, the St Matthew Passion has been universally recognised as the pinnacle of Protestant devotional music since its rediscovery in the 1820s. The first complete performance of the work in England was directed by the Academy’s Principal, William Sterndale Bennett, in 1854. This is its first Academy performance of the 21st century.

Performed on historical instruments.

This event will be streamed live on the Academy’s Facebook page.

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Vocal MasterclassVenue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Allan Clayton, international operatic tenor.

7 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY, 2.30-5.30pm

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Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Keith Bragg conductor

Samuel Milea new work (world premiere) Strauss Sonatina No 2 in E flat, ‘Fröhliche Werkstatt’

Head of Woodwind Keith Bragg conducts a programme of Strauss’s Sonatina No 2, subtitled ‘Happy Workshop’, and a new piece by Academy composition student Samuel Milea.


Alumni Network: RAM Club Prize Winner’s Recital THURS

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Frances Gregory mezzo-sopranoWilliam Cole piano

Hahn Quand je fus pris au pavillon; À Chloris; Trois jours de vendange Loewe Frauenliebe, Op 60Rossini Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville

7 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY, 1.05pm

Viola MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With internationally acclaimed viola player Nadia Sirota, whose multi-faceted approach to classical music led the New York Philharmonic to create a new position – Creative Partner – especially for her.

8 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 2.30-5.30pm

Bassoon MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Jonathan Davies, Academy professor and Principal Bassoon of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

4 FEBRUARYMONDAY, 10am-1pm

Amanzi Quartet TUES

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Veronica Marziano violinKatie Perrin violaLeah Leong cello XinRu Chen piano

Mozart Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478Fauré Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 15

5 FEBRUARYTUESDAY, 1.05pm

Drop-in Lunchtime TourVenue Museum Ground Floor Tickets Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis

Join this free tour of the museum, which takes you around all three of the galleries. Meet in the Ground Floor Gallery.

6 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

Academy Jazz FestivalVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets £5 (concessions £4) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Now in its fifth year, the annual Academy Jazz Festival continues to go from strength to strength and has become one of the highlights of our calendar. After an intensive week of work, small ensembles showcase the music of their guest bandleader in two evenings of public performances. This year we welcome several Academy debuts, including legendary Dublin-based jazz bassist and composer Ronan Guilfoyle, leading UK jazz musician and commentator Soweto Kinch and American alto saxophonist John O’Gallagher, as well as Academy faculty stars of the European jazz scene Jasper Høiby and Jim Hart, plus a new album project from Tom Cawley.

Wednesday 6 February: Tom Cawley, Jasper Høiby, Soweto Kinch Thursday 7 February: Ronan Guilfoyle, Jim Hart, John O’Gallagher

6-7 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, 6pm

Clarinet MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Patrick Messina, international soloist, Principal Clarinet of the Orchestre National de France and Visiting Professor of Clarinet at the Academy.

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Schubert OctetVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Luke English clarinetMatthew Kitteringham bassoonBen Hulme horn Jack Greed and Victoria Gill violinKim Becker violaYurie Lee celloGyunam Kim double bass

Schubert Octet in F, D 803

12 FEBRUARYTUESDAY, 7pmChamber Music

Masterclass Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With György Pauk, Ede Zathureczky Professor of Violin at the Academy. A member of the hugely successful piano trio with pianist Peter Frankl and cellist Ralph Kirshbaum for nearly three decades, he shares his experience and knowledge with student trios.

11 FEBRUARYMONDAY, 6-9pm

Harold Craxton PrizeVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

A prize for chamber ensembles with piano. Students are asked to prepare their own choice of complete piano ensemble works.

13 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY, 10am

Guitar Chamber MusicVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Giuliani Grandes variations concertantes Máximo Diego Pujol Suite Buenos AiresGeorg Friedrich Haas Guitar QuartetCelso Machado Danças populares brasileirasJS Bach Three Fugues, BWV 902, 852 and 866Piazzolla Histoire du tango Falla Siete canciones populares españolas


Organ MasterclassVenue St Marylebone Parish Church Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Susan Landale, E Power Biggs Professor Emerita at the Academy.

11 FEBRUARYMONDAY, 2-5pm

Flute MasterclassVenue Henry Wood Room Tickets Free, no tickets required

With William Bennett, international soloist and Academy professor.

13 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY, 10.30am-1.30pm

Accordion Chamber Music TUES

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A concert of chamber music with classical accordion.


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8In ConversationVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Writer and broadcaster Paul Morley interviews Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

11amAcademy Manson EnsembleVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Jonathan Berman conductor

Anna Thorvaldsdottir Aequilibra; Ró; Sequences Geoffrey King new work (world premiere)

Jonathan Berman conducts the Academy Manson Ensemble in a concert of music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, one of the most original and exciting composers on the new music scene, as well as the premiere of a new work by Academy composer Geoffrey King.

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Comedy, Tragedy and Really Loud ElectronicsVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Illiam Quane trumpetHannah Corcoran saxophoneJoseph Havlat piano

Postgraduate trumpeter Illiam Quane presents seven pieces from the New ‘New Manchester “Manchester School”’ School, a collective of young composers and performers from Manchester, united by a desire to put on concerts of funny, visceral and exciting art music. This intense 45-minute rollercoaster of brand-new music for trumpet, saxophone, piano and electronics blurs the lines between contemporary classical, jazz and Celtic folk and is composed, curated and crafted to make audiences laugh and cry in equal measure.

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15 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am

Composers’ Project: CHROMAVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

The Composition Department’s long-standing relationship with dynamic chamber ensemble CHROMA continues in this concert of brand-new works by postgraduate composers for clarinet, piano, violin and cello.


Royal Academy Opera ScenesVenue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Mark Burns director

Under the musical guidance of Director of Opera Gareth Hancock and the Repetiteur Fellows, Opera Scenes are a focal point of Royal Academy Opera’s training, where skills acquired in singing, acting and movement are combined in a staged setting. Featuring scenes from operas by Handel and Mozart.

14-15 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY and FRIDAY, 6pm

Trout Quintet THURSseries


Martin Enger Holm tenorGalin Ganchev pianoNaori Takahashi violinDaichi Yoshimura violaJoel Siepmann celloGyunam Kim double bass

Schubert Gesänge des Harfners, D 478Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D 667, ‘Trout’




14 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY, 12.30-2pm

Trumpet MasterclassVenue Henry Wood Room Tickets Free, no tickets required With Reinhold Friedrich, professor of trumpet at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe and Visiting Professor of Trumpet at the Academy.

14 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY, 10am-1pm

Spencer Series: Intriguing Prints and ManuscriptsVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required

In the third event in a series of lecture-recitals by PhD student Fabricio Mattos, the spotlight is on beautiful and interesting examples of music on paper. From 18th-century ‘glittering’ manuscripts to works quickly written on a hotel notepad, the audience will be given a glimpse into the quality of materials and creativity of composers and performers in expressing their artistic and aesthetic ideals. With extracts performed on Fabricatore and Panormo guitars.

13 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

Freshers’ Cello EnsembleVenue St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL Tickets Free, no tickets required

Josephine Knight director Programme to include: Works by Bartók, Casals, Delius, Dowland, Simon Parkin and James Barralet

First-year undergraduate cellists, under the guidance of the Academy’s Alfredo Piatti Chair of Cello, Josephine Knight, explore the soundworld of massed cellos.

13 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY, 1.10pm

Academy Song Circle: Valentine ConcertVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

A recital of songs and duets exploring love in its various guises: flirtatious, sentimental, sad, bittersweet and, naturally, romantic.

13 FEBRUARYWEDNESDAY, 7pm

Jonathan Myall Piccolo PrizeVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

A prize for solo piccolo, generously sponsored by Jonathan Myall. Set repertoire to be announced.

14 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY, 10am

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Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award and Webb Award for AccompanistsVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

The final round of the highly prestigious Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award for postgraduate vocal students at the Academy. The award, created to celebrate the great British tenor Richard Lewis (1914-1990), is endowed by the Richard Lewis Trust and the eminent pathologist Dr Jean Shanks.

A major award for the best accompanist is also generously donated by Brenda Webb, a close friend and admirer of Richard Lewis.

17 FEBRUARYSUNDAY, 2.30pm

TextusVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required Textus: ‘That which is woven’. In his inaugural lecture Professor Michael Dussek, Head of Piano Accompaniment, examines the individual strands that create musical structures and their interpretation in performance, with particular reference to chamber music and song.

18 FEBRUARYMONDAY, 6pm

Chetham’s Symphony OrchestraVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Stephen Threlfall conductorMolin Han violin

Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter GrimesSibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations, Op 36

Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra celebrates the School’s golden jubilee year, marking 50 years of friendship and musical excellence. Britten’s atmospheric Four Sea Interludes lead us from the emptiness of dawn to a raging storm. Eighteen-year-old violinist Molin Han performs Sibelius’s only concerto, known for the beauty of its Nordic, melodic core.

‘To my friends pictured within’ was Elgar’s dedication to the friends and family members who inspired each variation of his most beloved work. His ‘Enigma’ Variations open with a palindromic, haunting theme which transforms across 14 deeply personal sketches, forming both a celebration of friendship and a complete musical masterpiece. Now firmly embedded within the core orchestral repertoire, the Variations – and especially the ninth, ‘Nimrod’ – have come to symbolise Edwardian England.

15 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 7pm

Guitar Trios TUESseries


Mihael Majetic, Mario Kurtjak and Karlo Kocnar guitar

Telemann Trio Sonata in B flat, TWV 42:B4JS Bach Three Fugues, BWV 902, 852 and 866Dyens Varna – Future MemoriesAnte Čagalj Blues for ThreeAbreu Tico-Tico no fubáAlmarán Historia de un amorPaulo Bellinati Baião de Gude


Family Event: The DulcimerVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details. Maximum of 20 people

The sweet melodies of hammered dulcimers have attracted musicians from both the East and West. In this event, led by Colin Huehns, hear the beautiful sounds and explore the history of these instruments, and learn to play simple tunes and harmonies on them. This is a participatory event aimed at children aged 8 and over.

19 FEBRUARYTUESDAY, 4.30-5.30pm

Accordion MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Friedrich Lips, internationally renowned teacher, professor and Head of Accordion at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow and Visiting Professor of Accordion at the Academy.

21 FEBRUARYTHURSDAY, 10am-1pm

HL Hammond PrizeVenue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets Free, no tickets required

For verse speaking – in exploration of the musicality of language. Open to Musical Theatre and Vocal Faculty students.


Amazing Women: Violin and Voice THURS

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Septura FRIseries

Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Blow arr Matthew Knight Venus and Adonis: A Mournful MasqueFauré arr Matthew Knight Six mélodiesTchaikovsky arr Simon Cox/Matthew Knight Swan Lake (excerpts)

Formed of principal brass players from London’s major orchestras, the Academy’s Ensemble in Residence, Septura, has redefined brass chamber music through the uniquely expressive sound of the brass septet by creating a canon of transcriptions, arrangements and new commissions for this configuration. Today they perform side by side with Academy students in a programme on the theme of human nature.


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2018 marked the centenary of the success of the Women’s Suffrage movement in the UK, when some women won the right to vote. Our current temporary exhibition in the museum, Hitting the Right Note: Amazing Women of the Academy, celebrates some of the extraordinary Academy women who have blazed a trail in the world of music, helping to break down barriers and make their mark. This chamber music series continues the celebration and supports the exhibition, providing a platform for performance and discussion of the works of women composers.

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Bright Selected Songs Owen Romance for violin and pianoHowell Phantasy for violin and pianoBarns Violin Sonata, Op 24


Piano Trios TUESseries


Torridon Trio Meraki Trio

Ellicott Piano Trio No 2 in D minorClarke Piano Trio


Talk: Amazing Academy Women of the Early 20th CenturyVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Dr Briony Cox-Williams looks at some of the many diverse and productive women musicians of the Academy who began their musical careers in the first two decades of the 20th century. This event highlights the ways in which such composers, performers and teachers as Katharine Emily Eggar, Susan Spain-Dunk, Ethel Bartlett and Marjorie Hayward were instrumental in London musical life and beyond.


Priaulx Rainier THURSseries


Rainier Dance of the Rain; Six Pieces for wind quintet; String Quartet


Talk: Priaulx Rainier and Edith SitwellVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Academy alumna Fiona Sampson MBE has published 27 books of biography, literary non-fiction and poetry. Her work has been translated into more than 30 languages and she has received a number of national and international honours for her writing. In this talk she discusses how a lucky find in a charity shop showed her the way in which composer Priaulx Rainier worked on setting verse by poet Edith Sitwell.


Recent Works TUESseries


Augusta Read Thomas Plea for Peace Roxanna Panufnik Cantator and AmandaElena Langer Two Cat SongsEleanor Alberga Suite from Dancing with the Shadow

5MARCHTUESDAY, 1.05pm

Piano Recital THURSseries


Junyan Chen, Xiaowen Shang and Harry Rylance piano

JS Bach transc Myra Hess Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, BWV 147 (piano four hands) JS Bach transc Harriet Cohen Sleepers Awake (piano four hands)Bartók Six Dances in Bulgarian RhythmAugusta Read Thomas Rain at Funeral – Homage to Morton Feldman; Twitter-Machines – Homage to David RakowskiFreya Waley-Cohen Southern LamentEleanor Alberga It’s TimeAnnie Lennox transc Joanna MacGregor Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This); Little Bird (piano four hands)Litolff transc Moura Lympany Scherzo (piano four hands) Professor Joanna MacGregor OBE introduces the music of influential female pianists, singers and composers from the Academy. The programme includes transcriptions by Myra Hess, Harriet Cohen and Moura Lympany, as well as Bartók’s Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, which were famously dedicated to, and premiered by, Harriet Cohen.

7MARCHTHURSDAY, 1.05pm

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Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Sir Mark Elder conductor

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op 20Bax In memoriamSibelius Symphony No 7 in C, Op 105

Sir Mark Elder, Music Director of the Hallé and Barbirolli Chair of Conducting at the Academy, returns to conduct a 20th-century programme beginning with Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem. Written when Britten was just 26 years old, the work was commissioned – and subsequently rejected – by the Japanese government for the 2,600th anniversary of the Japanese Empire.

Bax’s In memoriam is dedicated to Irish political activist and revolutionary Patrick Pearse, who was executed along with other leaders of the Dublin Easter Rising of 1916. Written in 1917, but not performed until 1998, the work is one of Bax’s many pieces on an Irish theme. The concert finishes with Sibelius’s single-movement Seventh Symphony. Receiving its premiere under the title ‘Fantasia sinfonica’ in 1924, it is the last of his published symphonies, despite being written over 30 years before his death.


Junior Academy: The Soldier’s TaleVenue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Elias Brown conductor Philip Sheppard director Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale Plus new works by Junior Academy students

A collaboration between students from Junior Academy, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance to create a staged performance of Stravinsky’s iconic work. The performance will be preceded by six short pieces composed by Junior Academy students, written especially for this project and choreographed by students from Rambert.

23 FEBRUARYSATURDAY, 6pm

Strings Performance Prize DayVenue Various venues around the Academy Tickets Free, no tickets required

Winifred Small Prize for ViolinSet repertoire: Ysaÿe Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 27 No 3, and own choice of Telemann Fantasia Theodore Holland Prize for Viola Set repertoire: Penderecki Cadenza for solo viola May Mukle/Douglas Cameron Cello Sonata Prize Set repertoire: Barber Cello Sonata, Op 6 Double Bass Prize Competitors present their own choice of repertoire

The day comprises four separate prizes, which take place concurrently. Please note the start times for each competition vary. For further information, email [email protected] or visit www.ram.ac.uk/events.

24 FEBRUARYSUNDAY, 11am

Trumpet MasterclassVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Eric Aubier, international soloist and Visiting Professor of Trumpet at the Academy.

22 FEBRUARYFRIDAY, 2-5pm

Children’s Tour: Development of the PianoVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details. Maximum of 20 people

Come and look into a treasure chest of musical sounds. Younger visitors aged 4-8 are invited for this special tour of the Academy Museum’s historic keyboard collection, presented by Honorary Research Fellow Dr Elena Vorotko. Discover the different sounds of these wonderful instruments.

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Sir Henry Wood at 150: The Man and the MusicianVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

In the first of six events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Wood, Professor Raymond Holden surveys the conductor’s remarkable life and career using film, recordings and marked scores.


Mica Comberti PrizeVenue Henry Wood Room Tickets Free, no tickets required

A prize for the performance of any complete work by JS Bach for violin, viola or viola da gamba.

26 FEBRUARYTUESDAY, 10am

Organ RecitalVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Franck Prélude, Fugue et Variation in B minor, Op 18; Prière in C sharp minor, Op 20; Sept pièces en mi from L’organiste; Choral No 1 in E

One of a series of recitals featuring the complete organ works of César Franck, together with harmonium pieces from L’organiste, performed by Academy organ students.


From Cremona to London: Specialist Curator TourVenue Museum Strings Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details. Maximum of 15 people

In this specialist guided tour the Museum’s Curator of Instruments, Barbara Meyer, explores the secrets and wonders of the Academy’s stringed instrument collection, including the magnificent 1709 ‘Viotti ex-Bruce’ Stradivari violin.

25 FEBRUARYMONDAY, 12.30-1.30pm

Amazing Women: Piano Trios TUES

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Amazing Women: Early 20th CenturySee pages 26-27 for full details.


Buffet Crampon Clarinet PrizeVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Students compete for a clarinet prize generously given by Buffet Crampon. The winner will give a recital at the Academy in 2019-20. Set repertoire to be announced.

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1MARCHFRIDAY, 10.30-11.15am

Composers’ Project: Historical PerformanceVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

A programme of new works resulting from a collaboration between the Composition and Historical Performance departments, led by Tabea Debus.

1MARCHFRIDAY, 7pm

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Amazing Women: Priaulx Rainier and Edith SitwellSee pages 26-27 for full details.


Academy Symphonic BrassVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Mark David conductor

Handel arr Howard Snell Suite from Water MusicTakemitsu Garden RainHandel arr Elgar Howarth Music for the Royal Fireworks Dukas arr Bourgeois The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeFalla arr Andrew Cottee Ritual Fire DanceStravinsky arr Ray Farr The Firebird

Head of Brass Mark David conducts Academy students in a ‘Fire and Water’ programme of music for brass band.


Fauré’s Late Song Cycles Venue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required

An exploration of Fauré’s late song writing through his last song cycles, including some new transpositions for the complete edition for Edition Peters, presented by Dr Emily Kilpatrick and Roy Howat, with short performances by Academy student singers Michael Ronan and Camilla Saba Davies.

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Bach the European: Bach and the Extended Family Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets £20 (concessions £15) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Philippe Herreweghe director

JS Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106JC Bach (elder) Es erhub sich ein StreitJC Bach (elder) Ach, daß ich Wassers genug hätteJS Bach Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19

As well as nurturing the younger generation of Bachs, Johann Sebastian was a committed advocate of the finest music by older members of his extended family. This concert places two of his cantatas in the context of masterpieces by his first cousin once removed, Johann Christoph Bach – described as the ‘profound composer’ in Bach’s obituary – whose works are arguably the most distinguished in JS Bach’s collection of family music, known as the Altbachisches Archiv.

Performed on historical instruments.

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String Spaces Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

In a culmination of workshops and creative sessions with string students, Visiting Professor of Viola Garth Knox and distinguished violinist Diamanda La Berge Dramm present Knox’s celebrated series of innovative and capricious Violin and Viola Spaces in concert, sharing the platform with students with whom they have been developing extended techniques and new soundworlds.

4MARCHMONDAY, 6.15-7.15pm

Nancy Nuttall Early Music PrizeVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Generously supported by Nancy Nuttall, for historically informed performances of pre-1800 chamber music.

4MARCHMONDAY, 5pm

Hartmut Höll in Residence

Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Venue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required


Piano accompaniment masterclasses with acclaimed German pianist Hartmut Höll, duo partner of the late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

4MARCHMONDAY, 2-5pm

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Ibex BrassVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Oliver Davis hornBradley Jones, Katie Lodge, Illiam Quane and Kaitlin Wild trumpetWilliam Foster, Christian Traute and Jamie Tweed tromboneAngus Butt bass trombonePete Cowlishaw tuba

Debussy arr Jones Fêtes from NocturnesFalla arr Foster Cuatro piezas españolasLili Boulanger arr Foster Trois morceauxRavel arr Foster Le tombeau de Couperin

Ibex Brass is an ambitious new 10-piece brass ensemble, comprised mainly of postgraduate students at the Academy. They present a series of new arrangements of early 20th-century masterpieces from France and Spain, culminating in a bold reimagining of Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin.

6MARCHWEDNESDAY, 7pm

Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet PrizeVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Set repertoire: any Brahms string quartet Generously supported by the family of Wolfe Wolfinsohn, this prize is open to all student string quartets at the Academy.

6MARCHWEDNESDAY, 10am

Flute MasterclassesVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Emily Beynon, Visiting Professor of Flute at the Academy and Principal Flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam.

5MARCHTUESDAY, 10am-1pm




The Lives and Music of Blind Musicians in Post-War LondonVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required

Find out about the lives of blind musicians from 1945 to 1970 in this documentary film following five musicians from different backgrounds, giving an insight into music in post-war Britain. The film offers an entertaining and interesting view into the evolution of music and the music profession at a time of social change. Produced by the Baluji Music Foundation, filmed by Marie-Cécile Embleton and Oscar Castellino, and with interviews carried out by Linda Shanson and Baluji Shrivastav OBE.

7MARCHTHURSDAY, 2.30-4pm

Guitar MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Edoardo Catemario, distinguished guitarist and recording artist.


Composers’ Project: London Metropolitan BrassVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Three new premieres especially written for London Metropolitan Brass, 2018-19 Chamber Music Fellows at the Academy.

5MARCHTUESDAY, 7pm

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Amazing Women: Piano Recital THURS

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Violin Masterclass Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets £5 (concessions £4) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

With Tasmin Little, Visiting Professor of Violin. It is a regular and welcome feature of the Strings Department’s annual programme to witness her inspiring teaching.

8MARCHFRIDAY, 2-5pm

Trumpet and Piano MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required With Huw Morgan, Principal Trumpet of the Sinfonieorchester Basel, and pianist Rebecca Wilt.

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Musical Theatre Masterclass Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Visiting Professor of Musical Theatre Claude-Michel Schönberg works with students from the Musical Theatre Company on a selection of his repertoire.

8MARCHFRIDAY, 6.30-9.30pm

JS Bach: The Complete Violin Sonatas – Part 1Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Johannes Pramsohler violinMasumi Yamamoto harpsichord

JS Bach Violin Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014; Violin Sonata in E, BWV 1016;Violin Sonata in F minor, BWV 1018

‘All three voices must carry a fine melody, all the while sustaining the triadic harmony to the utmost extent possible.’ Hardly any composer brought Johann Mattheson’s trio sonata ideal to such a pitch of perfection as did JS Bach with his Six Sonatas for violin and harpsichord. Johannes Pramsohler takes an excursion from his PhD research on early English and French trio sonatas and, together with harpsichordist and alumna Masumi Yamamoto, delves into the summum opus of the genre.

See page 41 for Part 2.


Sir Henry Wood at 150: Wood and the GramophoneVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

In the second of six events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Wood, Professor Raymond Holden is joined by Dr David Patmore, Peter Quantrill and David Gleeson to discuss Sir Henry’s fascinating career as a recording artist.

11MARCHMONDAY, 6pm

Flute MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With William Bennett, international soloist and Academy professor.

11MARCHMONDAY, 10.30am-1.30pm

Academy Jazz OrchestraVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Keith Nichols conductor

Keith Nichols and the Academy Jazz Orchestra perform arrangements by the King of Swing Benny Goodman. The concert commences with a set of pieces arranged in 1935. Only recently discovered, several of them have not been performed for more than 80 years. The second part of the concert features songs from the famed 1938 Carnegie Hall concert, including ‘Don’t Be That Way’, ‘Bei mir bist du schön’ and ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’. An evening not to be missed.

8MARCHFRIDAY, 7.30pm

Piano Masterclass: Improvising to FilmVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Newly appointed Visiting Professor of Piano Neil Brand gives his inaugural class on improvising to silent film.

12MARCHTUESDAY, 11am-1pm

Ancestral Voices: A Celebration of Clara SchumannVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth, Honorary Research Fellow Dr Elena Vorotko explores her family life, friendships and busy career. Clara’s compositions, pianism and editorial work will be illustrated on the Romantic fortepianos of the Piano Gallery.

12MARCHTUESDAY, 11.45am-12.45pm

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Magnus Walker tenorGiacomo Susani guitar

Dowland Come again; Flow, my tears; Awake, sweet love; In darkness let me dwell Britten Second Lute Song of the Earl of Essex from GlorianaGiacomo Susani new work (world premiere)Walton Anon in Love


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Accordion ShowcaseVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Academy accordion students present a varied programme of solo and chamber music works.


Choral Conducting MasterclassVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

With Jeffrey Douma, professor at the Yale School of Music and Director of the Yale Glee Club, who works with the Academy’s postgraduate choral conducting students.


Spencer Series: Reimagined GuitarsVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required

The fourth event in a series of lecture-recitals by PhD student Fabricio Mattos offers the opportunity to listen to rarely played instruments from the Spencer Collection, as well as some interesting facts about the historical periods and social realities that allowed them to be created. Instruments to be played include a Terz guitar, an English ‘guittar’, a six-course guitar, a lyre-guitar and a stunningly detailed miniature guitar barely bigger than Mattos’s hand!


Guitar Lecture-RecitalVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Fifty years after the death of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Luigi Attademo discusses the composer’s early works for guitar and his relationship with Spanish virtuoso Andrés Segovia.


Dvořák Quintet THURSseries

Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Ayla Sahin violin Braimah Kanneh-Mason violinAlina Rowe violaSheku Kanneh-Mason cello Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

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Composers’ PlatformVenue Angela Burgess Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

A chance to hear brand-new music written by composition students.

14MARCHTHURSDAY, 7pm

John Wilson conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets £10 (concessions £8) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

John Wilson conductorEmily Nebel violin

Walton Violin ConcertoShostakovich Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93

John Wilson, Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and founder of the John Wilson Orchestra, conducts two masterworks of the mid-20th century, beginning with Walton’s Violin Concerto, featuring Emily Nebel, winner of the David Martin/Florence Hooton Concerto Prize 2018.

Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony was premiered in December 1953 and marks a time when support for the composer’s creative stance was re-emerging, following the death of Stalin some months earlier and the subsequent relaxation of the artistic climate.

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Royal Academy Opera Double Bill: Iolanta and L’enfant et les sortilègesVenue Susie Sainsbury Theatre Tickets £15-£30 (concessions £5 off) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Gareth Hancock conductorOliver Platt directorAlyson Cummins designerJake Wiltshire lighting designer

Tchaikovsky Iolanta, Op 69 Ravel L’enfant et les sortilèges

These two exquisite short operas depict the relationships between parents and children, the play between the outside world and internal life, and the power of the imagination. Expect an evening of wonder and mystical storytelling, full of theatrical and musical magic.

Iolanta, Tchaikovsky’s last opera, originally written to be paired with The Nutcracker, is a fairytale of a blind princess kept in a secluded secret garden by her father, protected from the terrors of the outside world. In this sterilised environment, ignorant of her condition, she is prevented from living a normal life – but perhaps there is a way to set her free.

Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, with a libretto by Colette, centres on a rebellious child who refuses to do his homework. When scolded by his mother, he lashes out at all his toys and pets, and even the characters in his book. Then, as he escapes to the garden, the animals and all of nature turn on him, until he encounters a wounded animal and a chance for salvation.

Florizel Quartet TUESseries


Madeleine Pickering violin Ryo Koyama violinLucas Levin violaYong Jun Lee cello

Britten Three DivertimentiBridge Three Idylls, H 67Moeran String Quartet in A minor


Musical Tour: Development of the PianoVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis

Honorary Research Fellow Dr Elena Vorotko gives a specialist guided tour of the Academy Museum’s historic keyboard collection, providing an insight into how the instrument has developed over 300 years. Enjoy a rare chance to both hear and see inside our historical keyboards.

19MARCHTUESDAY, 11.45am-12.45pm

JS Bach: The Complete Violin Sonatas – Part 2Venue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets £7.50 (concessions £5.50) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Johannes Pramsohler violinMasumi Yamamoto harpsichord

JS Bach Violin Sonata in A, BWV 1015; Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017; Violin Sonata in G, BWV 1019

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Nash Ensemble Side by Side at Wigmore HallVenue Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Director: John Gilhooly, The Wigmore Hall Trust. Registered Charity No 1024838 Tickets £4 available from Wigmore Hall Box Office. How to book: In person 7 days a week: 10am-8.30pm. Days without an evening concert: 10am-5pm. No advance booking in the half-hour prior to a concert.Telephone 020 7935 2141 7 days a week: 10am-7pm. Days without an evening concert: 10am-5pm. £3 administration fee.Online www.wigmore-hall.org.uk 7 days a week; 24 hours a day. £2 administration fee.

Disabled Access and Facilities For full details please call 020 7935 2141 or email [email protected].

Carter Inner Song for solo oboeHarrison Birtwistle Duet 4 for flute and violinKnussen Reflection for violin and pianoCarter Steep Steps for bass clarinetHarrison Birtwistle An Interrupted Endless MelodyPlus new works by Academy composers Louise Drewett, Francesca Hilditch and Jenifer Morphet String and woodwind students perform works by Elliott Carter, Oliver Knussen and Harrison Birtwistle, and are joined by members of the Nash Ensemble for premieres of works by Academy composers. Writer and broadcaster Gillian Moore CBE, Director of Music at Southbank Centre, opens this early-evening concert with an introductory talk.


Venus and AdonisVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required Blow Venus and Adonis

The Historical Performance and Vocal Departments collaborate in a semi-staged performance of a masterpiece of the 17th century, directed by Margaret Faultless, Michael Chance and Mary Collins (dance). John Blow’s masque/opera Venus and Adonis rivals Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in its exquisite treatment of character and drama, and Ovid’s story of transformation is brilliantly set to music.


Nicholas Blake Woodwind Ensemble PrizeVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

A prize for woodwind instrumental ensembles. Students are asked to prepare a 15-minute recital of their choice.

20MARCHWEDNESDAY, 10am

Trio Opal THURSseries


Eriko Nagayama violinJoel Siepmann cello Yi-Shing Cheng piano

Mozart completed Timothy Jones Allegro for Piano Trio (fragment)Schubert Piano Trio in B flat, D 898


Telling Stories: Women and DiariesVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

‘Lives do not serve as models; only stories do that.’ The often public intent of the literary diary has always made it much more than an account of daily life. Carolyn Heilbrun’s seminal work, Writing a Woman’s Life, is the basis for this ‘salon’ event looking at the relationship between women’s diaries and other media. Artists, musicians and researchers respond to the works of such women as Fanny Hensel and Virginia Woolf through the lens of Heilbrun’s four categories of life-writing. This is the second in the series entitled Salon Without Boundaries presented by Dr Briony Cox-Williams at various locations across London.

20MARCHWEDNESDAY, 6.30-8.30pm

Audio Description Museum TourVenue Museum Ground Floor Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details. Maximum of 20 people

Discover some of the highlights of the museum’s collection in this audio-described tour designed for blind or partially sighted visitors.

21MARCHTHURSDAY, 1.30-2.30pm

Jazz EnsemblesVenue David Josefowitz Recital Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Academy jazz students mark the culmination of their small-ensemble projects, performing music on which they have been working with a variety of distinguished visiting musicians.

21MARCHTHURSDAY, 6pm

Listening to Recordings: Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseauxVenue Museum Piano Gallery Tickets Free tickets available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

In the latest of this regular series of events, Roderick Chadwick and Daniel-Ben Pienaar discuss Yvonne Loriod’s two complete recordings of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux. The first was made weeks after the premiere in 1959 and the second in 1970, by which time she was recording Messiaen’s music exclusively.

22MARCHFRIDAY, 2.30-4pm

Junior Academy Symphony OrchestraVenue Duke’s Hall Tickets Free, no tickets required

Thomas Blunt conductor

Dukas The Sorcerer’s ApprenticeElgar ‘Enigma’ Variations, Op 36

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Virtual Conservatoire: Otis and EuniceVenue Royal College of Music, Britten Theatre, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS Tickets £8 available from the Royal College of Music Box Office (Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm) on 020 7591 4314 or online at www.rcm.ac.uk/events

Creative directors from Raucous Musicians from the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music Actors from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Dancers from the Central School of Ballet

In two different cities, in two different places, one story is told.

Otis and Eunice are in love. He can play music that charms birds out of trees, while her extraordinary strength is legendary. On a bright summer’s morning the carnival comes to town and, through the colour and the excitement, Eunice goes missing… Otis and Eunice is a multi-location theatrical performance where six music, dance and drama institutions create a specially commissioned show curated by immersive theatre makers Raucous. Two audiences see the same story at the same time in two different cities, Bristol and London, but from two contrasting character viewpoints. Evocative and immersive, Otis and Eunice is a unique creative collaboration, resulting in a fresh and bold new approach to making theatre stories. This event is the culmination of the four-year Virtual Conservatoire project between six institutions, which aims to reimagine conservatoire training for the digital age.

29-30MARCHFRIDAY and SATURDAY, 4.30pm, 6.30pm and 8.30pm

Bach the European: Bach and the Creation of Modern Europe – Venice

Venue Duke’s Hall Tickets £20 (concessions £15) available from the Box Office; see page 48 for full details

Iain Ledingham director

Gabrieli Canzon seconda and Canzon quarta a 4 from Canzoni per sonareJS Bach Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50Marcello/JS Bach Concerto in D minorMonteverdi Beatus vir, SV 268JS Bach O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe I, BWV 34

Like many German composers of his era, Bach’s engagement with Venetian music was far-reaching and profound. His appropriation of Vivaldi’s compositional principles has received much attention in recent years, but in this concert we focus on less familiar points of contact, including a powerful reimagining of the ‘separated choirs’ tradition that emanated from the architecture and musical practice of St Mark’s Basilica in the early 17th century, an inspired embellishment of a Venetian classic, and a cantata that has all the exuberance of Monteverdi.

Performed on modern instruments.


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3 APRILWEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

Hitting the Right Note: Amazing Women of the AcademyVenue Museum Ground Floor Tickets Free, no tickets required. Maximum of 20 people; places on a first-come, first-served basis

Join our Museum Curator, Gabrielle Gale, for a final tour of the current temporary exhibition. In this centenary year of some women in the UK getting the right to vote, we celebrate the extraordinary Academy women who helped to break down barriers and make their voices (and their instruments) heard. For further information please see page 48.

10 APRILWEDNESDAY, 1-2pm

Academy Song Circle at Wigmore Hall: A Loewe LiederabendVenue Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP Director: John Gilhooly, The Wigmore Hall Trust. Registered Charity No 1024838 Tickets £18-£40 available from Wigmore Hall; see page 42 for booking details

Frances Gregory and Olivia Warburton mezzo-sopranoKieran Carrel tenorPaul Grant baritoneThomas Bennett bassRichard Gowers, Leo Nicholson and Gus Tredwell piano A Lieder recital devoted entirely to the songs of Carl Loewe (1796-1869). Born a year before Schubert and outliving him by more than four decades, Loewe performed his songs throughout Germany to great acclaim and was known as the ‘North German Schubert’.

The Academy Song Circle performs such comic gems as ‘Hinkende Jamben’ and ‘Die wandelnde Glocke’; celebrated ballads including ‘Erlkönig’ and ‘Odins Meeresritt’; and four songs from Frauenliebe, a song cycle that bears comparison with Schumann’s, plus many more. Surtitles will be provided.

2 APRILTUESDAY, 7.30pm

World-class performances require outstanding spaces. When you make a gift in support of the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, we will recognise your generosity by engraving your personal inscription on a crystal light, wall plate or seat. Opportunities to leave your mark start with a gift of £50 or more.

Visit ram.ac.uk/theatre to learn more or to make your gift today.

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FURTHER INFORMATION

HIRE OUR MUSICIANSTo hire Academy performers for your events, please contact the External Bookings Manager: telephone 020 7873 7304 or email [email protected].

KEEP IN TOUCHTo receive Academy event updates, please sign up at ram.ac.uk/sign-up.

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HOW TO FIND USThe Academy stands at the edge of Marylebone Village on Marylebone Road, a few minutes’ walk from either Baker Street or Regent’s Park tube station.

STEP-FREE ACCESSThe front of the Academy includes permanent ramped access to the Main Entrance Hall. We are proud that we can offer appropriate access to all parts of the Main Building and the York Gate Building, where our friendly staff will welcome you and provide further assistance and directions if required. Access to all performance venues at the Academy is now step-free.

ALUMNI NETWORKram.ac.uk/alumni

Alumni can join the Academy’s worldwide Alumni Network, which provides an extensive social network across many platforms, hosts events across the UK and offers professional networking support.

We look forward to welcoming alumni of all generations at our new series of mini-reunion events, featuring exclusive post-performance social opportunities to meet and greet performers, conductors, associate artists, staff and each other.

HOW TO BOOK

PATRONS’ PRIORITY BOOKINGIn recognition of their support, donors at the Patrons Programme level are invited to book for ticketed events 48 hours before booking opens to the public: Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 December. Open 10am-4pm, by telephone, in person and online at ram.ac.uk/events. For more information on how to become a patron, please contact Kurstin Finch Gnehm on 020 7873 7425 or email [email protected].

EARLY-BIRD BOOKINGEarly-bird booking for all ticketed events:Friday 14 December. Open 10am-4pm, by telephone and in person.

ONLINE BOOKINGFrom 10am on Friday 14 December at ram.ac.uk/events.

TELEPHONE BOOKING 020 7873 7300 Telephone and in-person booking from Monday 7 January. Open 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday. The Academy has a telephone queuing system; your call will be answered as soon as the previous customer’s transaction has been completed.

BACH THE EUROPEANram.ac.uk/bach2019 performances are on sale online now. Booking by telephone and in person will resume on Monday 7 January.

Tickets can be collected during Box Office hours, or from 45 minutes before the performance. Doors open 30 minutes before the performance.

Detailed information on attending events, step-free access, travelling to the Academy and more is available at ram.ac.uk/events or contact the Box Office by email: [email protected].

MASTERCLASSESThe Royal Academy of Music is a full-time educational institution. Every day during term-time our students work intensively with their tutors, professors, Visiting Professors and other experts.

Most of our work takes place out of the public eye, in an environment that enables our students to explore their individual creative identities.

Our masterclasses give you insights into these thought processes, and into the sophisticated technical details that must be perfectly executed to make a performance complete. We are delighted to share them with you, but please note that they do not normally include opportunities for audience participation.

COMPETITIONSThe public are welcome to attend Academy competitions. All details are subject to change, so please visit ram.ac.uk/events or contact the Prizes Administrator before travelling: telephone 020 7873 7308 or email [email protected].

FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHYMany of our events are filmed and photographed for the Academy’s archive and promotional purposes. No unauthorised photography or recording is permitted.

Please note: For free events which require a ticket, please arrive on time or your seat may be reallocated.

VISIT OUR MUSEUMExplore unique instruments, manuscripts and art, and discover behind-the-scenes stories from the Academy, the UK’s oldest conservatoire.

• Three themed galleries• Temporary exhibitions• Guided tours• Keyboard demonstrations• Special events and lecture-recitals• Events for families and children’s trails

The museum is open weekdays 11.30am-5.30pm and Saturdays 12 noon-4pm (closed December and public holidays).

In this centenary year of Women’s Suffrage our exhibition, Hitting the Right Note: Amazing Women of the Academy, celebrates some of the extraordinary women who helped to break down barriers and make their voices (and instruments) heard. See a 1930s graduation dress, an original score by pioneering composer Alice Mary Smith, an Epstein bust of Dame Myra Hess and Dame Evelyn Glennie’s first snare drum. Hear interviews and delve deeper into fascinating stories of Academy women on our new interactive touchscreen.

Admission is free. More information about the museum, its collections and activities is available at ram.ac.uk/museum.

On the Ground Floor of the museum, the Academy Chimes shop has a wide range of printed music, books and accessories, as well as gifts. Open weekdays 9am-5.30pm and Saturdays 9am-4pm; telephone 020 7873 7400 or visit ram.ac.uk/academy-chimes.

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ORGANISATIONS The American Society for the Royal Academy of Music (ASRAM)Ambrose and Ann Appelbe TrustAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)Avedis Zildjian CompanyNorman Ayrton Scholarship TrustBackstage TrustSir John Beckwith Charitable TrustThe Ben Loyal TrustThe Blyth Watson Charitable Trust The John Brockway Huntington FoundationCalleva FoundationThe Carr-Gregory TrustCavatina Music TrustWinifred Christie TrustClemence Charitable TrustThe John S Cohen FoundationContemporary Arts TrustThe Cosman Keller Art and Music TrustThe D’Oyly Carte Charitable TrustThe Howard de Walden EstateAlex and William de Winton TrustDelius TrustDerwent London plcDisney Theatrical ProductionsThe Drapers’ Charitable FundThe Ann Driver TrustEMI Music Sound FoundationEnstar CapitalToni V Fell Musical Charitable TrustFernside TrustFidelio Charitable TrustGerald Finzi Charitable TrustThe Amaryllis Fleming FoundationFondation MeyerFoyle FoundationCharlotte Fraser FoundationThe Albert and Eugenie Frost Music TrustFishmongers’ Company’s Charitable TrustFuture of Russia FoundationGarfield Weston FoundationGatsby Charitable FoundationGeoffrey Osborne LtdJ Paul Getty Jr General Charitable TrustThe Grand Duo Charitable TrustThe Hargreaves and Ball TrustDerek Hill Foundation The Honourable Society of Knights of the Round TableIndependent OperaInternational Music and Art FoundationInternational Students House

John Lewis PartnershipKhodorkovsky FoundationKohn FoundationKirby Laing FoundationLeverhulme TrustThe Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks TrustLoudwater Partners LtdThe Lynn FoundationThe Sir Jack Lyons Charitable TrustThe Helen Rachael Mackaness Charitable TrustThe Mackintosh FoundationThe Matthiesen FoundationThe McLaren TrustMargaret & Richard Merrell FoundationThe Mills Williams FoundationG M Morrison Charitable TrustThe Clarence Myerscough TrustOrbis Pictus TrustOrgelbau Kuhn AGPF Charitable TrustSantander UKThe Seary Charitable TrustSkyrme Hart Charitable TrustThe Martin G Smith FoundationSnowdon TrustThe JMCMRJ Sorrell FoundationSteinway & Sons (UK)The Stevenson Family’s Charitable TrustThe Bernard Sunley Charitable FoundationThe Taylor Family FoundationThe Thompson Family Charitable TrustTillett TrustThe Constance Travis Charitable TrustSir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary SettlementThe Charles Wolfson Charitable TrustThe Wolfson FoundationThe Worshipful Company of MusiciansYamaha Music Europe

INDIVIDUALS Dame Jenny Abramsky DBECharles and Claire AlexanderFarid AlizadehDr Heather AllanThe Athena ScholarshipAngela BakerMikhail Bakhtiarov and Svetlana BesfamilnayaDavid and Marie-Jane BarnettNicholas BerwinSally BoxCatherine BradleyNicholas and Joanna Breach

Helen BrockisAlan BrownJohn BurgessLord and Lady BurnsLord and Lady Carnwath of Notting HillGordon ClarkJames ColesRobert and Laura CoryMiranda CurtisDavid CutforthGeoffrey and Anne De’AthDeirdre Dundas-GrantHeather DupreEaton Music ScholarshipAnne EdwardsMark and Margaret ElliottProf Margaret FaultlessMatthew and Sally FerreyJeffrey and Patricia FineBarbara Fisher OBEThe Fordyce AwardMichael FossNeil and Debbie FranksThe late Major Freeman-AttwoodHenrietta Freeman-AttwoodProf Jonathan Freeman-Attwood CBELesley Garrett CBEGeoffrey GilbertProfessor Michael GilsenanHRH The Duchess of Gloucester GCVOCharles and Analida GrahamFriends and students of Alan HackerNigel HamwayPeter Hardy and the Friends of the Clumber StudioHilary HartRosamund HatteySundari HellerCindy HoThe late Christopher HogwoodIn memory of Nicky HopkinsIn memory of Alison HutchinsEstate of the late Patricia JonesWyndham JonesJean-Charles and Luce JulienJonathan JulyanJoseph and Jill KaraviotisMiriam KeoghCedric LeeThe Rt Hon Lord Lloyd of BerwickDame Felicity Lott DBELady LousadaMark and Liza LovedayHin-Cheung Lovell

Simon LyonsCathy MackerrasThe late Lady MackerrasRaffy and Joanne ManoukianDonald MeadJane and David MetterVincent MeyerDaniel MooreMarliese MyerscoughBarbara Ann NashWilliam and Sarah NewsomJames Newton HowardGeorge Nissen CBE and Jane NissenJames and Caroline NobleW Robert OgdenJudith ParkerTimothy ParkerSuki and Anthony PayMr Raymond PigottRichard and Alice PortnoyJohn and Susan ReizensteinVanda RentonCarolyn RichardsSir Simon Robey KBENellie RomanoSir George Russell CBE and Lady RussellLady Sainsbury of Turville CBELord Sainsbury of TurvilleDr Frances SlaterSir Martin Smith and Lady Smith OBESir James SpoonerBarry Sterndale-BennettLord Stevenson of Coddenham CBE and Lady Stevenson of CoddenhamJohn Streets MBEJohn and Nula SuchetRosamund SykesThe late Sir David Tang KBEValentine ThomasProf Sir Richard Trainor KBE and Prof Marguerite DupreeAnthony and Peta TravisMary Tredennick, in honour of her sister, JoyFelicity TrewSidney ValleyDr Matthias von der TannThe Revd John Wates OBE and Carol Wates Owen Williams-Ellis and Veronica Williams-EllisDamian WisniewskiRichard and Jacqueline WorswickDr Peter WorthingtonWe also thank those donors who wish to remain anonymous

Philanthropy plays an important role in the life of the Academy. We wish to thank the donors who contributed to our theatre campaign, as well as those who have given £1,000 or more over the past year to 25 October.

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