Tutors and staff join students for RNCM Concert

Linda Merrick CBE, Steven Mead, Murray Greig and other leading lights will join the RNCM Wind Orchestra for a special concert later this month.

Staff and tutors will join students for the cocnert

Sunday, 02 June 2024

The Royal Northern College of Music will host a special evening concert on Friday 14th June (7.30pm), featuring its own RNCM Wind Orchestra.

It will see members of the RNCM staff, including its Principal, Linda Merrick CBE, Steven Mead and Murray Greig perform as guest principals with students on works from Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Messiaen to Watson and Milhaud.

Programme

Circus Polka (Igor Stravinsky)#
Theme and Variations Op 43 (Arnold Schoenberg) ~

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Igor Stravinsky)+ *
Soloist: Benjamin Powell

States of Matter (Jenni Watson)*
Oiseaux exotiques (Olivier Messiaen)^
Soloist: Joel Banerjee

Suite franÃ§aise (Darius Milhaud)

Conductors:
Mark Heron *; Clark Rundell ~; Trevor Naughton #; Hannah Trudgeon, Felicity Cliffe

Guest Principals:
Kevin Gowland (flute); StÃ©phane Rancourt (oboe); Linda Merrick (clarinet); Rob Buckland (alto saxophone); Andrea Zucca (bassoon); Lindsey Stoker (horn); Murray Greig (trumpet); Steven Mead (euphonium)

Tickets: £10.00 and £5.00 (plus £1.00 booking fee)
https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/rncm-wind-orchestra/

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