Concerts
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Concerts
Barber Concerts Artistic Programming & Partners
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Lunchtime Concerts
Boxwood and Brass: A Georgian Country House Christmas
Friday 13 December, 1pm
Praised for ‘spectacular playing’ (Early Music Today) and ‘button-bright performances’ (Gramophone), period wind ensemble Boxwood & Brass bring a taste of the elegant, presenting music that accompanied the festivities.
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Sestina
Wednesday 5 February, 7.30pm
Early music vocal ensemble Sestina is joined by acclaimed violinist Rachel Podger for this performance exploring love and loss in the Bach family.
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Leon McCawley
Wednesday 20 May, 7.30pm
Join Leon for this performance and the official launch of the Autumn 2020 Birmingham International Piano Festival programme.
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William Thomas bass Joseph Middleton piano
Friday 27 March, 1pm
Winner of the 2019 Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, 2018 Kathleen Ferrier Award and 2018 John Christie Award, William Thomas is fast making a name for himself as one of today’s most promising young singers.
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Linarol Consort
Friday 20 March, 1pm
The Linarol Consort of Viols play on instruments based on the earliest surviving viol, a Venetian instrument from around 1540, creating a unique sound quite distinct from the later instruments most commonly known today. T
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Quatuor Bozzini
Wednesday 18 March, 7.30pm
The culmination of a two year partnership between the Department of Music’s composition pathways, Barber Concerts, and Quatour Bozzini, this performance features the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Michael Zev Gordon.
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Joel Sachs piano
Friday 13 March, 1pm
Joel Sachs returns to the University following his appearance in the inaugural CrossCurrents festival in 2016 for a mesmerising performance of Ives’ ragtime and hymn inspired first sonata.
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Weekend Concerts
Flute Choir & Clarinet Choir
Saturday 7 March, 2pm
The two ‘choirs’ performing in this concert rehearse with great enthusiasm every week and bring together students from across the University, and members of the local community.
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Lunchtime Concerts
Birmingham Symphonic Brass
Friday 6 March, 1pm
Take ten talented student brass players, add in one of the UK's leading composers/arrangers and brass ensemble leaders, throw in some eclectic arrangements and original compositions, and join us for 50 minutes of lively lunchtime music to kick-start your weekend.
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The Electric Voice / Part 1
Friday 28 February, 1pm
Nicholas Isherwood performs works from his specially commissioned Electric Voice project, including a world premiere by the Department of Music’s composition professor, Michael Zev Gordon.
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Evening Concerts
James Gilchrist tenor Anna Tilbrook piano
Wednesday 26 February, 7.30pm
James Gilchrist is one of the UK’s leading tenors and has performed in major concert halls throughout the world. He makes his Barber Evening Concert debut with his duo partner Anna Tilbrook.
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Tom Poster Piano
Friday 21 February, 1pm
Tom Poster is a musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the conventional role of the concert pianist, with commissions as a composer, and as founder of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
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Weekend Concerts
Early Modern Vocal Ensemble
Saturday 15 February, 2pm
Focusing on music from the seventeenth century, the University’s Early Modern Vocal Ensemble perform Italian cantatas and oratorios, featuring Roman composers including Giacomo Carissimi and Luigi Rossi.
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Ruisi Quartet
Friday 14 February, 1pm
Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society award for Young British String Players, the critically-acclaimed Ruisi Quartet has established a reputation as a charismatic and expressive young ensemble.
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Art of Moog: 21st Century Hyper-Bach
Friday 31 January, 1pm
Art of Moog plays the music of J S Bach on cutting edge analogue and digital synthesizers, with some unashamed electronica overtones.
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A Spanish Songbook
Friday 7 February, 1pm
This award-winning Spanish soprano makes her Barber Concerts debut as part of our continuing partnership with Oxford Lieder for a performance entitled 'A Spanish Songbook'
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Kenneth Hamilton Lecture-Recitals
Friday 17, 24 January, 1pm
Popular pianist Kenneth Hamilton rings in the New Year with waltzes by Chopin, and challenges the new Steinway with Liszt’s stupendous transcription of Wagner’s Overture to Tannhäuser.
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Evening Concerts
How to book
You can purchase tickets for Barber Evening Concerts at the reception desk in The Barber Institute of Fine Arts during normal opening hours, over the phone or online.
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