A new autumn 2018 season of concerts is now on sale at Concert Hall, Turner Sims, situated on Highfield Campus. Tickets can be booked online, over the phone, or in person at the box office.
Highlights include:
Three new partnerships: viola player Lawrence Power becomes an Associate Artist; SÓN (Southampton’s professional orchestra) is welcomed as Orchestra in Association; and Edition Records become Turner Sims’ first Associate Label.
Classical: Orchestra in Association SÓN, alongside Associate Artist Lawrence Power, explore The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams. The Vaughan Williams series also includes an afternoon centring on the composer’s early masterpiece On Wenlock Edge, featuring broadcaster and Professor of Musical Performance at the University, David Owen Norris.
Two rising stars make their Turner Sims debut: award-winning classical guitarist Laura Snowdon and classical saxophonist and 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist Jess Gillam.
Associate Artist Lawrence Power is joined by cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips for a special evening of chamber music. One of the UK’s leading chamber groups, the Maggini Quartet will be visit as part of their 30th anniversary celebrations. The Quartet’s performance also commemorates the late Peter Evans, Professor of Music at the University from 1961-1990.
Jazz: will celebrate everything from the partnership between Billie Holiday and Buck Clayton, to the zen-funk of Swiss master Nik Bärtsch and his group Ronin. Mexican pianist Alex Mercado makes his first ever UK performance as part of University’s Mexico Week.
For the full season brochure see here.
