Concert in aid of CRAG
An afternoon concert of music by the great John Jenkins, and French composers, Satie, Debussy, Poulenc and Louis Couperin
Gibbons, Byrd and Anthony Dowlatshahi
Fretwork are joined by Cantorum, with a new work by Anthony Dowlatshahi
Viol consort course at Hawkwood
A residential course for viol players at the beautiful Hawkwood Centre:
https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk
‘randy for antique’
Larkin’s poem, Church Going, is the inspiration for a programme of music by Parsons, Gibbons, Byrd, Lupo, Jenkins, Lawes, Purcell; and the solitary work by the great ‘Picforth’
Arvo Pärt with Sansara
PROGRAMME will include:
Arvo Pärt Stabat Mater; Fratres; Summa; Solfeggio; Virgencita; Nunc dimittis; Et al.
WEBSITE: https://www.sansarachoir.com/
Secret Byrd
Commissioned by the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and Washington National Cathedral, and presented to rapturous acclaim in cities across the US, Secret Byrd is a concert experience like no other: a thrilling mix of music and drama that recreates the experiences of Catholics in Tudor England and makes a powerful and timely plea for tolerance.
My Days with Iestyn Davies
A performance of consort songs and instrumental music by Orlando Gibbons as well as Nico Muhly’s new piece, ‘My Days’.
Stour Festival with Iestyn Davies
Orlando Gibbons, Nico Muhly and a world premier of The Silver Swan, re-imagined by Silas Wollston
Orlando Gibbons & Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly’s ‘My Days’, which sets some of Orlando Gibbons’ autopsy, is contrasted with Gibbons’ own vocal and instrumental music, including the uproarious Cries of London. With Anna Dennis, Alex Chance, Sam Boden, Hugo Hymas & Jimmy Holliday.
A Celebration of Orlando Gibbons
On this day, 400 years ago, Orlando Gibbons, one of England’s greatest composers died suddenly in Canterbury. We celebrate his music with Anna Dennis, Alex Chance, Hugo Hymas, Sam Boden & Jimmy Holliday. Nico Muhly wrote My Days as an homage to Gibbons and we reprise this Wigmore commission of 2012.
The Swaledale Festival with Ruby Hughes
A feast of baroque music, with Ruby Hughes: music by Purcell, Handel, Charpentier, J.S.Bach and Rameau
À la recherche du temps perdu
Echoes of Proust with French music for viols by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Louis Couperin, Jean-Baptiste Antoine Forqueray, Francis Poulenc & Nadia Boulanger
Arvo Pärt with Sansara
This year Arvo Pärt will celebrate his 90th birthday. Fretwork and Sansara celebrate
Orlando Gibbons
Commemorating 400 years since the death of one of England’s greatest composers
My Days, with Iestyn Davies
Music by Gibbons, John Paul Jones, Nico Muhly, Elvis Costello and Sting
Lamento, with Iestyn Davies
Expressive music from 17th century Germany by Schütz, stein, Scheidt, Buxtehude, and Bach
Take Five
Take Five viols, and what can you play? Paul Desmond (Dave Brubeck) of course, and music by Byrd, Debussy, Purcell, Michael Nyman, Tye and Kate Bush.
Lamento with Iestyn Davies
We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.
Lamento with Iestyn Davies
We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.
Lamento with Iestyn Davies
We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.
Lamento with Iestyn Davies
We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.
Lamento with Iestyn Davies
We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.
Lamento with Iestyn Davies
We explore the wonderful German baroque of J.C.Bach, Buxtehude, Schein, Scheidt and Geist with one of the greatest counter-tenors of our day.
Take Five
Take five viols, and what can you play…. Debussy, Kate Bush, Byrd, Gibbons, Arvo Pärt and, of course, Paul Desmond, but brilliantly woven into five In Nomines by our own Jon Rees.
Secret Byrd
Secret Byrd with The Gesualdo Six for the first time in Canterbury Cathedral
Secret Byrd
Secret Byrd with The Gesualdo Six for the first time in Canterbury Cathedral
Take Five
Take five viols, and what can you play…. Debussy, Kate Bush, Byrd, Gibbons, Arvo Pärt and, of course, Paul Desmond, but brilliantly woven into five In Nomines by our own Jon Rees.
New work from Alexander Campkin
We join the fabulous Tenebrae at Wigmore Hall for an eclectic programme, including a new work for choir and consort by Alexander Campkin