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Songs from Japan
This unique concert, curated by Dr Amanda Hsieh, presents a selection of extremely beautiful early twentieth-century Japanese art songs, rarely heard in the UK. Music by composers such as Rentarō Taki, Kōsaku Yamada and Tatsunosuke Kishitani will be interwoven with European songs and operatic excerpts, just as they would have been performed in their original context.
13 November 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Durham University Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL
- Music
- Music Department
Inventions: the harpsichord across time and borders
Inventions is a fascinating trans-national project to promote and present unusual music for solo harpsichord, drawing primarily on historical and contemporary music by female composers from Scotland, Ireland and England. Three beautiful new commissions are set alongside historical works, making links between different countries and centuries, and performed by Katarzyna Kowalik, a creative and skilled performer of both historical and contemporary keyboard music.
20 November 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Durham University Department of Music, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RL
- Music
- Music Department
Children and Creativity: In Conversation with Anne Longfield
In 2019, the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education, a partnership between Durham University and Arts Council England, launched its first report investigating the teaching of young people to be creative and to think creatively, and made ten recommendations across not only schools, but also Early Years, apprenticeships, Universities and the arts.
12 December 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CB008, Confluence Building, on the main Durham University Science Site off Stockton Road.
- Discussion
- Other
- Public
EXAUDI: The Mirror of Speculation
Vocal ensemble EXAUDI returns to MUSICON with a dazzling programme exploring some of the most beautiful – and strange – vocal music of the medieval period.
28 January 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
- Music
- Music Department
New Music Weekend
Experience some of the hottest new music currently being made in the company of some of the UK’s leading ensembles, in a packed weekend of events.
01 March 2025 - 02 March 2025
Various locations - see table of events.
- Music
- Music Department
Fretwork and Alexander Chance: Orlando Gibbons at 400
Orlando Gibbons, whose refined and deeply expressive works represent the pinnacle of Jacobean music, died on 5th June 1625 at the young age of 41, while travelling to Canterbury with the Chapel Royal to receive Charles I’s bride, Henrietta Maria. His untimely death was mourned across English culture, and we mark the anniversary with the first of two concerts given in Durham in 2025 by legendary viol consort Fretwork.
04 March 2025
Elvet Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
- Music
- Music Department
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2025 LIVE: Music Department Showcase (Pop, Rock & Jazz Special)
To mark International Women’s Day 2025, we present the Music Department Showcase: Pop, Rock & Jazz Special.
07 March 2025
6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Concert Room, Department of Music, Palace Green, DH1 3RL
- Performance
- Music Department
Indian Spring Colours: Debasmita Bhattacharya (sarod) & Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)
Now in its fourth year, join GemArts and Musicon at Durham University for Indian Spring Colours, to celebrate the season with a series of concerts showcasing the best of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. Embracing the spirit of new life, playfulness, and the appreciation of beauty that characterises spring in Indian arts immerse yourself in the timeless melodies of classical ragas, perfectly capturing the essence of the season.
10 May 2025
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Durham University, Department of Music, Palace Green DH1 3RL
- Music
- Music Department
Indian Spring Colours: Legacy of Bhimsen Joshi – Parampara
Now in its fourth year, join GemArts and Musicon at Durham University for Indian Spring Colours, to celebrate the season with a series of concerts showcasing the best of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. Embracing the spirit of new life, playfulness, and the appreciation of beauty that characterises spring in Indian arts immerse yourself in the timeless melodies of classical ragas, perfectly capturing the essence of the season.
11 May 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Durham University, Department of Music, Palace Green DH1 3RL
- Music
Indian Spring Colours 3: Vignesh Ishwar: A Journey into the Heart of Carnatic Music
Now in its fourth year, join GemArts and Musicon at Durham University for Indian Spring Colours, to celebrate the season with a series of concerts showcasing the best of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music. Embracing the spirit of new life, playfulness, and the appreciation of beauty that characterises spring in Indian arts immerse yourself in the timeless melodies of classical ragas, perfectly capturing the essence of the season.
11 May 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Durham University, Department of Music, Palace Green DH1 3RL
- Music