ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSICSunday 23rd February 7.30pm£23/£19 (£21/£17 conc) Under 25s £5

BACH AND ITALY

Richard Tognetti, Director & violin

Vivaldi Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, strings & continuo RV562Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 Pisendel Concerto Grosso No. 1 in E-flat majorVivaldi L’Estro Armonico Op. 3 No. 10 for four violins, strings & continuoVeracini Ouverture No. 5 in B-flatBach Concerto for Three Violins BWV1064 Vivaldi Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, strings & continuo RV569

Richard Tognetti is director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and has established an international reputation for his compelling performances and this concert marks his debut with the AAM.

BERNADEL STRING QUARTETWednesday 26th February 1pm£8 / Under 25s £5

Royal Academy of Music students play Haydn’s Quartet op.76, No.3 and Bartok’s 2nd Quartet.

JANINA FIALKOWSKAThursday 6th March, 7.30pm £18/£15 (£16/£13conc) Under 25s £5

Grieg 6 Lyric piecesSchubert Sonata in E flat major D568Chopin A selection of Mazurkas & Ballade No. 4

Beloved the world over for her exquisite pianism, Janina has enchanted audiences for over thirty years. She is particularly distinguished as one of the great interpreters of the piano works of Chopin and Mozart, with her most recent release, ‘Chopin Recital 2’ winning the BBC Music Magazine’s Best Instrumental CD Award 2013.

MITREA & VADUVA PIANO DUOWednesday 26th March 1pm £8 / Under 25s £5

Royal Academy of Music students play music by Ravel, Poulenc & Stravinsky.

RED PRIESTFriday 28th March 8pm£16 (£14 conc) Under 25s £5

NIGHTMARE IN VENICE: A BAROQUE FANTASYLed by genius recorder player Piers Adams, Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil.

‘outrageous yet compulsive’, ‘wholly irreverent and highly enlightened’,‘completely wild and deeply imaginative’,

Enjoy an evening of magic and fantasy that kicks off with Vivaldi’s Nightmare Concerto (La Notte) and continues with baroque music by the likes of Bach, Purcell and Tartini.

This is one of the Apex’s unbuttoned concerts where you can enjoy high quality classical music with a more relaxed, informal feel and the bar open.

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MUSICCLASSICAL

OCTOBER 2013 – APRIL 2014

ST MATThEW PASSIONThursday 20th March at St Edmundsbury CathedralChoir of Jesus College, CambridgeBritten Sinfonia

ST JOhN PASSIONSaturday 29th March at The ApexBury Bach ChoirSuffolk Baroque Players

In March 2014 we are delighted to offer an opportunity to enjoy the two surviving Passions. Tickets for both go on sale soon at The Apex Box Office – 01284 758000.

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Orchestral concerts in association with Orchestras Live

CITY OF LONDON SINFONIASaturday 5th April 7.30pm£23/£19 (£21/£17conc) Under 25s £5

Matthew Barley, cello

AC Jobim & V de Moraes Ela e Carioca (arr. Barley)AC Jobim SabiaAstor Piazzolla Milonga del Angel (arr. Barley)P Jobim, R Bastos Mantequeira Range (arr. Barley)Chico Barque BeatrizAC Jobim Aguas de Marco (arr. Barley)Sir John Tavener The Protecting Veil

Wow… what a programme! The first half takes us on a wonderful journey around South America including Matthew Barley’s arrangements of music by the Brazilian Antonio Carlos Jobim and the Argentinian founder of Nuevo Tango, Astor Piazzolla. The second half is devoted to John Tavener’s wonderful ‘Protecting Veil’ which helped him to become a household name in the 1990s. Don’t miss it!

ESChER STRING QUARTET & BENJAMIN GROSVENORWednesday 16th April 7.30pm£18/£15 (£16/£13cons) Under 25s £5 Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-Flat Major Op. 12Mendelssohn Andante and Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14Schubert Impromptu in G flat D899 No.3Gounod/Liszt Valse de FaustDvorak Piano Quintet

The Escher String Quartet performed at the Apex not long after we had first opened; it was brilliant and we have been looking forward to inviting them back ever since. Benjamin Grosvenor performed here in Autumn 2012 just as he was winning a whole pile of awards; it was also an extremely memorable performance and enjoyed by a large audience. Both the Escher Quartet and Benjamin Grosvenor were BBC New Generation Artists from 2010 to 2012 and to have them playing together at the Apex is a real treat.

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INTRODUCTIONIt has been a real pleasure putting this classical season together with a mix of old favourites, new faces and great music throughout. There’s a lot on so do take advantage of the season offers.

As part of this season we are particularly pleased to be putting on a series of lunchtime concerts featuring talented musicians from the Royal Academy of Music. The Academy’s visits to the Bury Festival each year have always been popular and excellent concerts and it is exciting to see young musicians at the start of their musical careers.

VENTI WIND QUINTETTuesday 8th October 1pm£8 / Under 25s £5

Royal Academy of Music students play wind music by Ibert, Nielsen, Mozart, Francaix.

SACCONI QUARTET

Friday 18th October, 7.30pm£18/£15 (£16/£13 conc) Under 25s £5

Haydn String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5Verdi String Quartet in E minorBeethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

No strangers to Bury St Edmunds, the award–winning Sacconi Quartet is recognised as one of the UK’s leading string quartets and is celebrated for its creativity, energy and integrity of interpretation. They celebrated their 10th anniversary last year and we’ve been following them since their early days and so it goes without saying that we’re looking forward to welcoming them back to Bury.

ROSS SCANLON & ChAD VINDINTuesday 29th October 1pm£8 / Under 25s £5

Tenor Ross Scanlon, from the Royal Academy of Music, performs Handel, Coates, Dunhill, Tchaikovsky, Denza and Strauss.

EVGENIA RUBINOVA

Monday 4th November 7.30pm £18/£15 (£16/£13 conc) Under 25s £5

Beethoven Sonata Op. 106 ‘Hammerklaviersonate’Prokofiev 10 Piano Pieces Op. 12 Rachmaninov 3 Moments Musicaux from Op. 16 (No. 2, 5 & 4)

Evgenia Rubinova wowed the audience at the Bury Festival soon after her Silver Medal success at the 2003 Leeds international piano Competition and we are delighted that we have been able to tempt her back. Since her Leeds success she has gone on to give recitals and play with top orchestras around the world including with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.

‘Rubinova had the audience on the edge of the seat!’ – The Guardian

‘Rubinova has spark engendered by real personality and musical imagination. A performance which took off and left everything else behind’ – The Independent

AURORA ORChESTRA

Friday 15th November 7.30pm£21/£18 (£19/£16 conc) Under 25s £5

EARTH SONGWith Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Jane Irwin Mezzo SopranoAndrew Staples TenorNicholas Collon Conductor Britten (arr Imogen Holst) Rejoice in the Lamb Mahler (arr Glen Cortese) Das Lied von der Erde

For I will consider Aurora Orchestra’s ‘Earth Song’.For it pertains to the manifold colours of life.For it wreathes with elegant quickness among dreams, fears, beauty and darkness.For it features the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and singer/director Andrew Staples.For together they will semi-stage Britten’s jubilant Rejoice in the Lamb.For it sings praise for all living things, from the mouse to the lion to the flowers to the cat Jeoffry.For its poetry was written by Christopher Smart in 1759 while confined to an asylum.For there too will be heard Das Lied von der Erde.For Mahler’s great work is a hymn to earth, wine, spring, the leaves and mortality.For its poetry is drawn from the Tang Dynasty of the eighth century.For 浩歌待明月(For ‘wildly singing I waited for the moon to rise’.)For by listening to all these I have found out electricity.For Aurora can tread to all the measures upon the musick.For it can play for its life.For it can sing.

After Christopher Smart

ThE MIKADOFriday 22nd November 7.30pm£25/£19 (£23/£17conc) Under 25s £5

Co-Opera Co. have been regular visitors to The Apex and their innovative productions of Carmen and The Magic Flute have brought them great critical acclaim both in the national press and from audience members and we are looking forward to their return with Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado.

Get ready to meet the three little maids fresh from school and The Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko, the frightful Katisha, the simply gorgeous Yum Yum, and the poor love struck Nanki Poo plus a host of other wonderful characters created by that master of comedy William S Gilbert. Add Sir Arthur Sullivan into the mix and it is no wonder that their gloriously funny Japanese fantasy has become the world’s favourite Gilbert and Sullivan opera.Co-Opera Co. can promise you an evening filled with marvellous music, sung and played by a young and vibrant company whose sole aim is to enchant, enthral and entertain their audiences.

‘Whether you are an incurable opera lover or an innocent opera virgin – Co-Opera Co. has something for you – a fresh, youthful take on beloved operatic gems’ – Opera Now

JOhN WILLIAMS

Tuesday 26th November, 7.30pm£23/£19 (£21/£17conc) Under 25s £5

Widely regarded as a foremost ambassador of the guitar, John Williams needs little introduction. He is well known for his collaborations with other musicians, most notably those with Julian Bream, Itzhak Perlman, Andre Previn, Cleo Laine, John Dankworth and Daniel Barenboim. He has performed in Bury a few times in recent years both as a soloist and as a duo with John Etheridge and most recently Richard Harvey. For this concert the programme will include works by Bach, Albeniz, Sculthorpe, Goss, Hand, Koehne, Barrios and also his own compositions.

TASMIN LITTLE & MARTIN ROSCOEThursday 23rd January 7.30pm£18/£15 (£16/£13 conc) Under 25s £5

Schubert Sonata in D major D. 384Beethoven Sonata in G major Op. 96Schubert Sonatina in A minor D. 885Beethoven Sonata in F major Op. 24 ‘Spring’

It’s a great pleasure to be inviting Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe to perform together. Tasmin Little has played with many of the world’s greatest orchestras in a career that has taken her to every continent of the world. Martin Roscoe is unarguably one of the UK’s best loved pianists; renowned for his versatility at the keyboard, Martin is equally at home in concerto, recital and chamber performances.

ORChESTRA OF ST PAUL’SFriday 7th February 7.30pm£18/£15 (£16/£13 conc) Under 25s £5

FAIRY TALESBen Palmer Conductor

Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel: Prelude (arr. Ben Palmer)Ravel Mother Goose Suite (arr. Wolfgang Renz)Solfa Carlile New work, to be inspired by fairy talesSibelius En Saga (original septet version)Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (arr. Iain Farrington)

The Orchestra of St Paul’s, one of London’s most dynamic and versatile chamber orchestras, invites you on a magical journey through musical myths, legends and fairy tales, all in sparkling arrangements for small orchestra.

Opening with Humperdinck’s prelude to the opera Hansel and Gretel, you’ll hear Ravel’s depictions of Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, and Beauty and the Beast in his Mother Goose Suite, and Sibelius’s ravishing tone poem, En Saga. There’s a new work by OSP’s Composer-in-Residence, Solfa Carlile, about the Irish legend of Dagda’s Harp, and the concert concludes with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Dukas, made famous by the Disney film Fantasia.

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