Events Archive

2019

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Angel’s Arc, for clarinet and string quartet

Performers:
Emma Johnson, clarinet
Carducci, string quartet

Dates:
London Cadogan Hall – Thurs 24 January 2019, 7.30pm
Guildford G Live – Sat 9 February 2019, 7.30pm
Warwick Arts Centre – Thurs 28 February 2019, 7.30pm

Programme:
Brahms – Clarinet Quintet (35 mins, 1891)
Interval
Johnson – Clarinet Quintet, Angel’s Arc (14 – 15 mins, 2018)
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet (30 mins, 1789)

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2/1 20.00
Arts for Hungerford
Talk on How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

25-27/2
Martin Randall Travel: Rising Stars Weekend
Castle Hotel, Taunton
Talks & Interviews

7/2 18.15
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ‘Time to Talk Day’
Philharmonic Hall, Hope St, Liverpool
Talk on How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

6/3 10.15
Music in Time and Place
Christ Church, Kensington
Talk on Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet

15-17/3
BBCSSO Viva Espana
Aberdeen Concert Hall
Talks

19/3 19.30
Love, Faith and Fate
Leighton House, London
Concert Presentation

22/3 7.30
BBC Philharmonic: Discovering Bohulsav Martinu
Nottingham Theatre Royal
Talk on Martinu with orchestral illustrations

13/4
East Midlands Elgar Society
Talk on Elgar and Schumann

25/4
East Anglian Elgar Society
Talk on Elgar and Schumann

30/4-6/5
Leipzig
Cultural Travel Company
Introductory talks on Wagner’s The Ring

9/5 6.15
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Pre-concert talk on Brahms

28/6-02/7
Martin Randall Travel: West Cork Chamber Music Festival
Talks & Interviews

July 18 – August 2
Verbier Festival
Pre-concert lectures

August 10
Proms Plus
Imperial College Union (London), 17.45
Pre-Concert discussion on Bruckner, Symphony No 4

August 23
Proms Plus
Imperial College Union (London), 17.45
Pre-Concert discussion on Bruckner, Symphony No 8

August 27
Presteigne Festival
Assembly Rooms, 10.30
Illustrated talk on Aaron Copland

August 31 – September 7
Danube Music Festival (Martin Randall Travel)
Pre-concert lectures

September 26 – 29
Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival
Pre-concert talks

October 3
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonic Hall, 18.15
Pre-concert talk

October 19
The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
Britten-Pears Foundation
Discovery Day on Shostakovich and 20th Century Russian Music

October 29
Leighton House, London, 6.15
Talk on my book How Shostakovich Changed My Mind (followed by concert of 20th century Russian music)

November 23
Martin Randall Lecture Day
1 Great George St, London
Talk on Music and Mental Healing

Events 2017

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January

11/1 Nottingham: Royal Concert Hall, 7.30
Discovering Music: Shostakovich Symphony No 8
With Nicholas Collin and BBC Philharmonic

14/1 BBC Radio 3: Record Review
Building a Library: Beethoven’s String Quartet Op 127

22/1 London: Royal Festival Hall. 6.00
Pre-concert talk: Bruckner Symphony No 9

26/1 New York: Aspect Foundation for Music & Arts, 7.30
Concert-Lecture on Romantic Vienna

February

5/2 London: LSO St Luke’s
LSO Discovery Day: Carl Nielsen

17/2 Bristol Concert Hall, 7.30
Concert-Lecture: Rimsky-Korsakov

22/2 London: Royal Festival Hall, 6.15
Talk: Belief and Beyond Belief, ‘Memory of an Angel’ – Berg & Shostakovich

March

19/3 Glasgow: City Halls, 2.00
Discovering Music: The music of Rued Langgaard
With Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

April

26/4 London: Royal Festival Hall, 6.15
Talk: Belief & Beyond Belief, ‘Heaven and Earth’ – Mahler’s Eighth Symphony and the German tradition

May

1/5 Oxford: Oxford May Music
Lecture (TBA)

9/5 Bristol: Colton Hall, 7.30
Concert-Lecture: Shostakovich

10/5 Birmingham: Symphony Hall, 7.30
Pre-concert talk: Vaughan Williams & Bax

11/5-12/5 Worcester – Malvern
Conducted Elgar Walks, for The Musical Brain