Pre-concert talk

THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 7.15PM
Old Staff Common Room, Lanyon Building, QUB

Free admission

David Byers, composer, writer, and former Chief Executive of the Ulster Orchestra, introduces the Festival theme and tonight’s concert.

Apollon Musagète Quartet

THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 8.00PM
Great Hall, QUB

Tickets: £15.00/£5 under 25’s
Includes parking and interval refreshments.

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Tchaikovsky String Quartet no. 1 in d major, op. 11
Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet
Prokofiev Visions Fugitives, op. 22 (selection)
Shostakovich String Quartet no. 4 in d major, op. 83

“ If Apollo had not played the lyre, but the violin, this is how it would have sounded.”
Süddeutsche Zeitung

Student Showcase Recital

FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 1.10PM
Harty Room, QUB Music Building

Free admission

Presented in association with Queen’s University School of Creative Arts, featuring final-year and postgraduate performers.

Susan Bullock (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

FRIDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 8.00PM
Great Hall, QUB

Tickets: £15.00/£5 under 25’s
Includes parking and interval refreshments.

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Programme to include:
Schumann Songs from Myrthen, op. 25
Wagner Wesendonck Lieder

“ ...a rippling dramatic soprano, displaying real mastery of dynamic and expressive extremes.”
The Opera Critic

Coffee Concert: 'The Art of English Song'

Presented in partnership with TOSINI

SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 11.00AM
Harty Room, QUB Music Building

Coffee from 10.30am. Concert starts 11.00 sharp.

Tickets: £5.00

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The culmination of a masterclass series with renowned soprano and vocal coach Mary King. Promising young local singers perform a selection of pieces to illustrate ‘The Art of English Song’. Generously supported by the Esme Mitchell Trust and the Enkalon Foundation.

London Winds

SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 1.30PM
Great Hall, QUB

Tickets: £12.00/£5 under 25’s
Includes parking.

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Ligeti Six bagatelles
Nielsen Wind Quintet, op. 43
Mozart Wind Quintet arrangement of Violin Sonata in b flat, K454
Barber Summer Music, op. 31

“ …London Winds are second to none in terms of technical accomplishment, expressive commitment and warmth of timbre.”
BBC Music Magazine

Nicolai Demidenko (piano)

SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 8.00PM
Great Hall, QUB

Tickets: £15.00/£5 under 25’s
Includes parking and interval refreshments.

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Beethoven Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 (Pathétique)
Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 24 in F sharp major, op. 78 (Für Thérèse)
Beethoven Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op. 27/2 (Moonlight)
Brahms Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5

“ ...extraordinary intimacy with the piano...”
The Times

Post-concert Reception

SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 10.00PM
Canada Room, QUB

Tickets: £5.00 (free to BMS Friends)

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Michael Collins
Clarinet Masterclass

SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 11.30PM
Harty Room, QUB Music Building

Coffee from 11.00am. Masterclass starts 11.30 sharp.

Tickets: £5.00

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Featuring up-and-coming local clarinetists Eve Wieltsching and Peter Rogers

“ …one of the best clarinetists walking the planet…”
The Times

Northern Lights

Ensemble Avalon

SUNDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 3.00PM
Great Hall, QUB

Tickets: £10.00/£5 under 25’s
Includes parking and interval refreshments.

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Programme TBC

“ ...ravishing sensitivity... one of the highlights of my listening year…"
The Strad

The four celebrity concerts will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert from Tuesday 13 to Friday 16 March 2012