Ex Cathedra – Renaissance: The Golden Age of English Choral Music
Programme Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah I William Byrd – Bow thine ear, O Lord William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices Orlando Gibbons – Thus Angels sung Anon (Mulliner Book) – Rejoice in the Lord always Edmund Hooper – Behold…
Jess Gillam & The Jess Gillam Ensemble
Jess Gillam is less a classical saxophonist than a musical force of nature. Critics enthuse about her “hot licks, lustrous tone and winning passion” (The Times) but radio listeners across the UK know her as a musical explorer – an artist with…
SANSARA: Choir and Live Electronics – Palestrina meets Jonathan Harvey
Programme Jonathan Harvey – Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco Josquin des Prez – Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria Jonathan Harvey – The Annunciation Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Stabat Mater Joseph Bates – Ceasing Rhiannon Randle – O nata lux Palestrina/Jonathan Harvey…
Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, reinvented by the imagination of Max Richter and performed live by London’s own ground-breaking 12 Ensemble. Fresh, direct, and dazzlingly virtuosic, 12 Ensemble is an orchestra with a radical difference – a collective of fiercely committed young artists, determined…
12 Ensemble: Strauss & Shostakovich – Tragedy & Totalitarianism
One of Europe’s most exhilarating young ensembles performs two of the greatest musical testimonies to war, totalitarianism, and the destruction they wrought. Programme Edmund Finnis – Hymn (after Byrd) (premiere) Dmitri Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op 110a (arr. Barshai)…
Peter Donohoe 70th Birthday Recital
Programme Rachmaninov – Variations on a Theme of Chopin Chopin – Selection of Waltzes Busoni –Variations on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor Brahms – Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 Beethoven – Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Performers Peter Donohoe Piano…
Benjamin Appl: Forbidden Fruit – Temptation in Song
The garden, the serpent, the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge – no story is older, and no lesson is more enduring. And what could be more alluring than an evening of musical temptation with baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James…
Arvo Pärt: An Estonian Vespers by Candlelight
On the eve of Estonian Independence Day, the Carice Singers toast the diverse spirit of Europe’s “singing nation” – including music by Ester Mägi, Galina Grigorjeva and an Arvo Pärt premiere. Located on a faultline in European history, the “singing nation” of…
Alamire: Anne Boleyn’s Songbook: Music & Passions of a Tudor Queen
When Anne Boleyn went to her death, one of the treasured possessions that she left behind was a music book: a collection of songs of love, sorrow, faith and joy by the finest composers of her day, with which she and her…
