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| HARMONIE BAND Director: Paul Robinson | |
| F W Murnau's classic silent film Nosferatu with music composed by Paul Robinson | |
| Sunday 30th October 2011 Monday 31st October 2011 Tuesday 1st November 2011 Thursday 3rd November 2011 Friday 4th November 2011 |
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Pontio, John Philips Hall, Bangor Clywd Theatr Cymru, Mold Torch Theatre, Milford Haven Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | ,/TR>
 Launch of theBrunel Institute for Contemporary Middle-Eastern Music Wednesday 6th July 2011, LSO St Luke's, 161 Old Street, London EC1V 9NG | |
| This new Institute will be the first of its kind in the world. As well as archiving, and acting as a resource for Middle-Eastern contemporary music, it will act as a hub for bringing into dialogue Middle-Eastern and Western music and musicians. It will be directed for Brunel by Professor Peter Wiegold, in association with Oliver Butterworth. 2.00 5.00 Conference: The Integration of Middle-Eastern and Western Music Guest speakers include Christopher Fox (UK), Zaid Jabri (Syria) and Amr Okba (Egypt). 7.30 - 9.30pm Concert The acclaimed contemporary ensemble notes inégales, directed by Peter Wiegold, is joined by traditional Middle Eastern musicians and the Egyptian singer Merit Ariane Stephanos in world premières of music by Kareem Roustom (Syria), Zaid Jabri (Syria), and Peter Wiegold, with UK premières of music by Halim El Dabh (Egypt), Özkan Manav (Turkey), Bushra El Turk (Lebanon) and Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Palestine/Israel) Part of the Mayor of Londons festival Shubbak; A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture. | |
 ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRAConcert for the Children of Egypt Friday 22nd July 2011, 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ | |
| Amira Fouad David Heath Stephanie Gonley | Piano Conductor Director and Solo Violin |
| Halim El-Dabh J S Bach David Heath Beethoven Gamal Abdel-Rahim W A Mozart | Aria for Strings Concerto in D minor for 2 violins Piano Concerto, El Hedeiya (The Gift) 1st performance Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50 for violin and orchestra Little Music for String Orchestra (1984) Symphony 40 in G minor K550 |
| www.cadoganhall.com Box office: 020 7730 4500 | |
All proceeds from tonight's concert will be donated to'Save the Children - Egypt' | |
 March 3rd 2011,St John's Smith Square, London SW1 THE COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE | |
| Music from Egypt 6.30pm Pre-concert talk by Professor Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco | |
| Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924-1988) Aziz El-Shawan (1916-1993) Halim El-Dabh (b.1921) Nahla Mattar (b.1971) Amr Okba (b.1972) Ramz Sabry Samy (b.1973) Patrick Bishay (b.1975) |
Piano Trio 1986 (Ekhnaton's Prayer & Phoenician Dance) Lotus Pond Meditations for Violin and Piano Rondo for 'Cello and Piano It is Dark and Damp on the Front or Two Minutes Trio Mekta in the Art of Kita Three (2009) UK premiere Instability (2002) UK premiere New work World premiere New work World premiere |
| HARMONIE BAND www.harmonieband.com | |
| Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 silent classic THE LODGER, starring Ivor Novello and Marie Ault, accompanied by the six piece ensemble HarmonieBand with music written by Paul Robinson | |
| 5.00pm Sunday September 26th Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | |
| 7.30pm Saturday September 25th Neuadd John Phillips, Bangor University | |
| 7.30pm Friday September 24th Medi Canolfan y Celfyddydau, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Prifysgol Aberystwyth University | |
| 8.00pm Thursday September 23rd Clwyd Theatr Cymru, County Civic Centre, Mold | |
| 7.30pm Wednesday September 22nd Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University | |
| 4.00pm Sunday September 19th Barbican Centre, London | |
 March 5th 2010, Wigmore Hall, LondonRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 10:10 ENSEMBLE | |
| David Horne Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Palestine) Mounir Anastas (Palestine) Patrick Lama (Palestine) Ian Gardiner Tim Ewers Kenneth Hesketh Clark Rundell Katherine Lacy Camille Maalawy Rodney Clarke |
Splintered Instruments Anin Les Cinq Sens Songs for Soprano and Piano Spinning and Weaving The Blackbird Sings Music of a Distant Drum Conductor Bass Clarinet Soprano Baritone |
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March 3rd 2010, The Cornerstone, Liverpool
Hope University Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 10:10 ENSEMBLE | |
| David Horne Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Palestine) Mounir Anastas (Palestine) Ian Gardiner Tim Ewers Kenneth Hesketh Clark Rundell Katherine Lacy Rodney Clarke |
Splintered Instruments Anin Les Cinq Sens Spinning and Weaving The Blackbird Sings Music of a Distant Drum Conductor Bass Clarinet Baritone |
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DARTINGTON ENSEMBLE | |
| Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Abdalla El Masri (Lebanon b.1962) Iyad Mohammed (Jordan b.1976) Amr Okba (Egypt b.1972) Tim Ewers (UK b.1958) Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) |
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano Metamorphosen for Clarinet and Piano Raindrops for Solo Piano Revolution for Bass Clarinet and Violin Sonata for Violin and Piano Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano |
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DARTINGTON ENSEMBLE | |
| Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Abdalla El Masri (Lebanon b.1962) Iyad Mohammed (Jordan b.1976) Amr Okba (Egypt b.1972) Tim Ewers (UK b.1958) Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) |
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano Metamorphosen for Clarinet and Piano Raindrops for Solo Piano Revolution for Bass Clarinet and Violin Sonata for Violin and Piano Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano |
| March 5th 2009 at 7.30pm, Barbican Hall ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | |
| Sir Colin Davis Karim Said The Clerks Lena Chamarmyan George Qas-Barsoun Yasser Adbar |
Conductor piano Soprano bass baritone |
| Concert for the Children of Gaza | |
| Mozart Mozart Quadusson Haydn |
Overture to Idomeneo Piano Concerto in A K488 for unaccompanied voices Symphony 104 'London' |
| www.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk | |
| Saturday 22nd November 2008 at 7.30pm, Dubai Community Theatre & Arts Centre, UAE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | |
| Clark Rundell Karim Said |
Conductor piano |
| Beethoven Zaid Jabri Mozart Boghos Gelalian Mark Anthony Turnage Haydn |
The Creatures of Prometheus op.43 Chamber Music Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 Sept Sequences Lullaby for Hans Symphony No 104 'London' |
| www.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk |
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 Wednesday 5th November 2008 at 8.00pm, Al Bustan Hotel, Muscat, OmanROYAL OMAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | |
| Sir Colin Davis Paul Lewis |
Conductor Piano |
| Mozart Mozart Haydn |
Overture 'Idomineo' Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 Symphony No 104 'London' |
| Under the gracious patronage of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |
 Monday 8th December 2008 at 7.30pm, Queen Elizabeth HallLONDON SINFONIETTA | |
| Diego Masson | Conductor |
| Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Palestine) Tansy Davies Ahmed Essyad (Morocco) Simon Holt Amr Okba (Algeria/Egypt) Peter Maxwell-Davies |
Hutaf Al Arwah II (2001)* Iris (2004) 3 Songs from Voix Interdites (2005)* Lilith (1990) Message (2007)* Mirror of Whitening Light (1977) |
| * UK Première ** World Premiè | |
| www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.londonsinfonietta.org.uk |
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| Wednesday 15th October 2008 at 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | |
| Clark Rundell Mary Bevan Simon Haram |
Conductor Soprano Saxophone |
| Michael Tippett Boghos Gelalian (Lebanon) Benjamin Britten Zaid Jabri (Syria) Mark Anthony Turnage Waleed Howrani (Lebanon) |
Divertimento on 'Sellinger's Round' (1953) Sept Sequences (1967)* Les Illuminations (1939) Two Songs for Soprano (1998)* Lullaby for Hans (2005) Saxophone Concerto (1990)** |
| * UK Première ** World Premiè | |
 www.cadoganhall.comwww.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk |
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 Thursday 19th June 2008 at 7.30pm, Cadogan HallIn association with the Chelsea Festival NIEUW ENSEMBLE | |
| Garry Walker Bassem Alkhouri Hiba Al Kawas Wafaa Safar |
Conductor Qanun Soprano Ney |
| Franco Donatoni Nouri Iskander (Syria) Rachida Ibrahim (Kuwait) Saed Haddad (Jordan) Tan Dun Hiba Al Kawas (Lebanon) Rasheed Al-Bougaily |
Refrain 1 (1986) Mawal Kurdeli (1990) Music for Ney & Chamber Orchestra (1995)* On Love 1 (2005)* Circle with four trios, conductor & audience (1992) Songs: arranged by Ian Gardiner (2008)** Deewaan (2007) |
| * UK Première ** World Première | |
| www.cadoganhall.com www.chelseafestival.org www.nieuw-ensemble.nl |
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| VENUE: Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1 | |
| June 19th 2007, Plaisterers' Hall, London ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | |
| Clark Rundell Mary Bevan Stephanie Gonley Simon Haram |
Conductor Soprano Violin Saxophone |
| Tarek Ali Hassan (b.1937) Zaid Jabri (b.1972) Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies Fouad Fakhouri (b.1972) Waleed Howrani (b.1948) |
Andante (Sinfonietta on Egyptian Folk Themes) Two Songs for Soprano and String Orchestra The Fall of the Leafe Pour Un Roi Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Strings and Percussion |
| www.englishchamberorchestra.co.uk | |
| Harmonieband | |
| Six-piece ensemble of multi-instrumentalists with an internationally established reputation for performing specially composed orchestral scores to accompany silent film. | |
| 28th July 2007 | Wroclaw Opera House, Poland | 'La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc' by Carl Theodor Dreyer, World première of a new score by Paul Robinson combining Harmonieband with the Hilliard Ensemble |
| 27th July 2007 | Wroclaw Opera House, Poland | 'Le Sang d'un Poète' and 'Entr'acte' |
| 25th July 2007 | Uherske Hradiste Summer Film School, Czech Republic | 'Le Sang d'un Poète' with Rene Clair's 'Entr'acte' |
| 29th, 30th May & 6th June 2007 | Greenwood Theatre, London | Composing for Film Project for Southwark Excellence in the Cities Partnership - Charlie Chaplin's 'The Adventurer' |
| 17th November 2005 | MacRobert, Stirling | 'The General' |
| 16th November 2005 | Falkirk Town Hall | 'The General' |
| 9th October 2005 | The Duke of York's Picturehouse, Brighton | Jean Cocteau's 'Le Sang d'un Poète'with music by Paul Robinson. Presented by Brighton Early Music Festival. |
| January 2004 | UK Tour Warwick Arts Centre Phoenix Arts, Leicester Midlands Arts Centre The Duke of York's Cinema, Brighton Hackney Empire, London Exeter Phoenix | 'The General' |
| 31st October 2003 | Hackney Empire Bullion Room Theatre, London | 'Nosferatu' Halloween screening of F.W. Murnau's "symphony of horror" with music by Paul Robinson. |
| 27th March 2003 | Shaw Theatre, London | 'The General' Buster Keaton comedy with a new score by Paul Robinson, commissioned by King's Cross Rail to Reel Festival. |
| 20th February 2003 | Hackney Empire Bullion Room Theatre, London | 'Sherlock Junior' & 'Steamboat Bill Junior' Classic silent comedies from Buster Keaton with music by Paul Robinson. |
| Visit: www.harmonieband.com | ||
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
10:10 Ensemble and the Muffin Men
| Contemporary music group locks horns with Liverpool rock band in new arrangements by Ian Gardiner of music by Frank Zappa, with Varese, Stravinsky, Ives and Nancarrow. |
| 5th November 2003 | Ocean, London | "When Worlds Collide" |
| 6th November 2003 | Guild Hall, Preston | |
| 18th June 2004 | Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool | |
| 27th June 2004 | One World Stage, Glastonbury Festival |
Türkfest
| The UK's first festival of contemporary Turkish music. |
| 26th June - 3rd July 2004 | Hackney Empire, London |
Bogaziçi Gösteri Sanatlari Toplulugu Kardes Türküler (Songs of Fraternity) & BGST Dancers |
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English Chamber Orchestra / Gürer Aykal London premiere of Adnan Saygun's "Concerto da Camera for Strings Op 62" | ||
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 10:10 Ensemble / Clark Rundell Tolga Zafer Özdemir: Mom! A spider came out of my ear (2003) UK Premiere Özkan Manav: Wanderings (1996) UK Premiere Hasan Uçarsu: On the Back Streets of Old Istanbul (2001) UK Premiere Füsun Köksal: Wind Quintet (1999) UK Premiere Ilhan Usmanbas: Music for Winds & Strings (1994) UK Premiere Mahir Çetiz: In Trace of the Memories Lost in the Infinity of Time (2002) | ||
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Vellinger String Quartet with Kamran Ince piano Selen Gülün: String Quartet No 1 (2001) Ilhan Usmanbas: String Quartet No 2 (1970) UK Premiere Kamran Ince: Fantasie of a Sudden Turtle (1990) UK Premiere | ||
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Candan Erçetin Celebrated popular diva. |