Name: Rush-Hour Session: Magnard Ensemble
Start: 2020-02-06T18:00:00Z
End: 2020-02-06T19:00:00Z
Location: Windsor Building Auditorium

Rush-Hour Session: Magnard Ensemble

The Department of Music atRoyal Holloway University of London have a long history of providing the College and the wider community with an annual, world-class Concert Series, featuring some of the finest performers from the UK and oversees and showcasing our talented students and staff.The Department of Music are currently ranked 3rd amongst UK Music departments (in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework). We were top in the previous assessment exercise (2008) and awarded the highest grade of 5* in the two prior to that (2001 and 1996).  We were also recently placed 4th best UK Music department in the 2015 Complete University Guide, which takes into account student experience, research excellence and graduate prospects. We are currently the only university arts and humanities department in the UK to receive one of just twelve prestigious Regius Professorships, to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2013. This means our students benefit from research-led teaching where expertise offers cutting-edge approaches and encompasses a diversity of genres, historical periods and global contexts and much more.

Royal Holloway Department of Music

Award-winning wind quintet Magnard Ensemble present an exhilarating programme of 20th and 21st century works, journeying from Russian neo-Romanticism through to the cutting-edge of British compositional talent. 
The darker hue of the cor anglais colours the opening two works, the melancholy of Shostakovich’s prelude yielding to the wonderfully gritty, earthy energy of Martin Butler’s Down-Hollow Winds. This rhythm drive continues in Ewan Campbell’s The Misinformation Machine, a ‘politically inspired musical satire’ that explores the idea of ‘chinese-whispers’.
Our gaze then shifts backwards to an imagined landscape of medieval France, and Milhaud’s jovial evocations of courtly life, before launching into the hyper-virtuosity and zany flamboyance of Orbán’s little-known gem.
The ensemble are currently Making Music Selected Artists 2019-20, and have a forthcoming residency at Snape Maltings. Recent awards include ‘Young Artist’ platforms with the Tillett and Tunnell Trusts. CD releases comprise two discs dedicated to the music of Stephen Dodgson on Toccata Classics and the Roald Dahl-themed ‘Revolting Rhymes and Marvellous Music’ on Orchid Classics. Notable appearances include performances at the Wigmore Hall, Culture & Convention Centre Lucerne, the Bridgewater Hall, and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’.
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Programme</H3>
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975; arr. Shiner): Prelude in F sharp major, Op. 87 No. 13 Martin Butler (b. 1960): Down-Hollow Winds Ewan Campbell: The Misinformation Machine Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205 György Orbán (b. 1947): Quintet
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Further event information </H3>
There will be no interval during this event. 
Estimated finish time: 6.00pm
Season Tickets apply to this event.
<H3>Car parking</H3>
When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.
Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. If you find both of these car parks full, we have a further large car park 14, which can be used by event guests and is located across the A30 on our North Campus, accessed via Harvest Road. You can see each of our car parks on the map opposite. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.
Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: <A HREF="mailto:premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk</A> and they will be happy to help.
Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: <A HREF="mailto:premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk</A>
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