20th December 2019
St. John’s Church Carol Service
St. John’s Church, Macclesfield – 6:30PM
Macclesfield West Community Choir perform as part of the St. John’s Church Carol Service, featuring traditional festive classics.
Jason Taing conductor
Dan MacFarlane accompanist
1st December 2019
Vessels of Song: Journeys Into The Worlds Of Klezmer
Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, Manchester – 7:00PM
Vessels of Song is the latest show created and performed by Klezmorim of Manchester. Through music and narration, it explores the journeys made by klezmer over the years and also the journeys made by musicians with klezmer. In addition to klezmer classics, the show incorporates songs from Yiddish theatre, klezmer-swing cross-over numbers, and even an exploration of the ways in which classical composers have worked Jewish themes into their music.
Prokofiev (arr. Sophie Sully) Overture on Hebrew Themes; Shostakovich and Trad. (arr. Lucy Hibberd) Dimitri’s Tanz (Shostakovich Piano Trio No 2 / Dem Rebn’s Tantz)
Jason Taing conductor and pianist
19th October 2019
Macclesfield West Community Choir Showcase
St. John’s Church, Macclesfield – 12:30PM
Jason Taing conductor
Jeremy Salter accompanist
13th October 2019
The Camerata Players: Rossini, Mendelssohn, Delibes and Beethoven
NIAMOS Arts Centre, Hulme – 7:45PM
Join The Camerata Players for their opening concert of 2019-20, featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, along with works by Rossini, Mendelssohn and Delibes held at the NIAMOS Arts Centre.
Rossini Overture to L’italiana in Algeri; Mendelssohn Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Delibes Le Roi s’amuse; Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in Bb major
Jason Taing conductor
James Warburton leader
4th – 11th August 2019
The George Hurst Conducting Masterclass with Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Denise Ham, Dominic Grier, John Longstaff and the Sherborne Summer School Repertoire and Symphony Orchestras
Sherborne School, Dorset
Holst The Planets; Schubert Symphony No. 5; Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3; Tchaikovsky Orchestral Suite No. 3: Theme and Variations (Finale)
3rd August 2019
The Orion Orchestra: Composers’ Showcase
Aberystwyth Arts Centre – 10:30AM
The Orion Orchestra workshop features this year’s Musicfest Aberystwyth composers. Jason conducts Dust by Jingyu Chen.
Jason Taing conductor
27th July – 4th August 2019
Conducting Masterclass with Toby Purser, James Henshaw and Orion Orchestra
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’; Poulenc Sinfonietta; Puccini La Boheme (Act 3); Verdi Rigoletto
21st June 2019; 27th June 2019
Piano Recital
Bury Parish Church, Bury – 12:30PM; Avenue Methodist Church, Sale – 3:00PM
Bach Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, MWV 869; Schubert Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 784; Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 87 No. 4; Bach-Busoni Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Jason Taing piano
14th June 2019
The Camerata Players: Mozart, Haydn and Schubert
Holy Name Church, Manchester – 7:30PM
Join The Camerata Players for their final concert of the year to hear some of the greatest works from the Classical and early Romantic eras, which will include Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra featuring Dylan Latham on violin and Sebastian Brooks on viola. The sinfonia concertante emerged from the Baroque concerto grosso and encompasses both elements of a classical symphony and concerto.
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra; Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F# Minor (‘Farewell’); Mozart Symphony No. 1 in Eb Major; Schubert Symphony No. 5 in Bb Major
Jason Taing conductor
Dylan Latham and Sebastian Brooks soloists
Emily Olsen leader
8th June 2019
Music Action International Presents… Conscious Culture
Manley Park Methodist Church, Manchester – 7:00PM
This performance is made up of students previously in the The Michael Kahan Kapelye, now called the Di Akht Kapelye.
Jason Taing piano
6th June 2019
Manchester University Music Society ESTIVAL: Klezmer Jam
The Martin Harris Centre, Manchester – 5:00PM
Jason Taing leader/piano
4th June 2019
Baroque Trio: Suite in C major
The Martin Harris Centre, Manchester – 11:30AM
Marin Marais Suite in C major for flute, violin and continuo
Tim Morris flute
Harriet Waters violin
Jason Taing harpsichord
3rd June 2019
Piano Recital
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester – 3:30PM
Bach Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, MWV 869; Schubert Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 784; Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 87 No. 4; Bach-Busoni Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
Jason Taing piano
4th April 2019
The Michael Kahan Kapelye
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester – 1:10PM
Performing a compelling concert of klezmer music – the traditional dance music of Eastern European Jewry – the University of Manchester’s resident klezmer ensemble, The Michael Kahan Kapelye, performs a fun-filled, toe-tapping programme as part of their Ensemble Performance assessment.
This free event is part of the Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series, which is supported by the Ida Carroll Trust.
Jason Taing harpsichord/piano
27th March 2019
The Camerata Players: Music on Campus Performance
Alan Gilbert Square, Manchester – 12:45PM
Join the Camerata Strings for a free performance taking place in the Alan Gilbert Square between the Learning Commons and the Main University Library. In the event of bad weather, the performance will take place in the Drum of University Place.
Elgar Serenade for Strings; Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies; Sibelius Andante festivo
Jason Taing conductor
Seb Brooks leader
23rd March 2019
Piano Recital
Rochdale Parish Church, Rochdale – 12:00PM
Bach-Busoni Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Bach Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, MWV 869; Schubert Piano Sonata in A Minor, D. 784
Jason Taing piano
22nd March 2019
Manchester University Baroque Orchestra
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester – 1:10PM
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book, just turn up.
The University of Manchester period-instrument Baroque ensemble conducts you on an 18th-Century tour of the British Isles. Find out what was being heard by audiences in London, Dublin, Newcastle and Aberdeen around the 1750s. Music by Händel, Avison, Geminiani and the Earl of Kelly.
Jason Taing harpsichord
15th March 2019
Manchester University Music Society World Music Lunchtime Concert
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall – 1:10PM
This concert features arrangements by our Gamelan group, Gamelan Adumanis, of Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante defunte for Piano and Gamelan, a more traditional tune ‘Kalkun’ native to Indonesia and an arrangement of ‘Dancing Queen’ by ABBA.
Jason Taing piano/gamelan
21st February 2019
Piano Masterclass with Nicholas Ashton
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester – 2:30PM
Jason Taing piano
16th February 2019
The Camerata Players: Mendelssohn, Disley-Simpson, Bartok and Beethoven
Holy Name Church, Manchester – 7:30PM
Join The Camerata Players who make their return this year to play one of the greatest symphonies of all time: Beethoven’s Seventh. This concert also features Mendelssohn’s The Fair Melusina Overture, a work sadly not among his most widely known works but it was one that he held in high regard, Anna Disley-Simpson’s WORKSTATION 202, the winning piece of our recent Call for Scores, and Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, a suite of six short pieces originally for piano that was later orchestrated by the composer for small ensemble.
Mendelssohn The Fair Melusina Overture; Anna Disley-Simpson WORKSTATION 202 (world premiere); Bartók Romanian Folk Dances; Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major
Jason Taing conductor
Lara Caister leader
28th January 2019
City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Pilkington Building, University of Kent – 7:30PM
Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major; Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Jason Taing guest conductor
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