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Shipston Music Club
17th May 2015 Les Nations featuring Kathryn Ellis (soprano) This programme has as its theme - The Nations. Representation of various peoples, current or past, real or imaginary inspired various composers, and it is fitting that we included composers from Germany, France, a renegade Italian and England tonight. Suite from Dioclesian - Purcell First music, Behold o mightiest of gods, Second Act Tune, Let monarchs fight, Third Act Tune, Chaconne, Let us dance, Dance of the Bacchanals Les Nations Suite TWV 55:B5 - Telemann Menuet 1 and 2, Les Turcs, Les Suisses, Les Muscovites, Les Portugais, Les Boiteaux Suite from Les Indes Galantes - Rameau Ouverture, Premiere air des Fleurs, Air pour les esclaves Affricains, Rigaudons, Air des Incas pour la devotion du soleil, Rondeau – Dance exécuteé par les sauvages INTERVAL A night at the opera - Handel Matelot and Menuet from Rinaldo Bel Piacere from Agrippina Dances and Tornami a vagheggiar from Alcina Ballet des Nations from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Lully Le Donneur de livre, Spanish Ritornelle, Italienne, Chaconne, Marche pour le Cérémonie des Turcs Two patriotic songs - Arne The beer-drinking Briton Rule Britannia |
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The Influence of Naples
Compton Verney 14 September 2014 Music played Part 1 Concerto Grosso No. 3 in F minor - Scarlatti (Naples) Sento due fiamma from the opera Il Medo - Vinci (Naples) Alto Giove from the opera Polyfemo - Porpora (Naples/London) Concerto in e minor for four violins Op. 3 - Vivaldi (Venice) Pur ti miro from the opera The Coronation of Poppaea - Monteverdi (Venice) Dances from the play The Alchemist - Handel (Italy/London) Let the bright seraphims from the oratorio Samson - Handel (London) Part 2 Concerto Grosso No. 3 in F minor - Scarlatti (Naples) Domine Deus from Gloria - Vivaldi (Venice) Concerto XVII for recorder and two violins - Mancini (Naples) Oboe concerto in B flat Op. 7 - Albinoni (Venice) Overture and Cara sposa from the opera Rinaldo - Handel (London) |
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Burmington, nr, Shipston-on-Stour
1st June 2014 We played a tea time concert at this delightful church. The programme had a distinct French flavour, so we were pleased to welcome an old friend of mine, Roger Deats on the viol da gamba. This made for a programme of delightfully varied sound: dances from opera by Lully and Rameau, solo pieces for violin and gamba and a cantata for voice and violin. With a bit of background to the personalities involved, the audience went to tea in the adjoining gardens with a spring in their step. |
Charpentier – Prelude from Te Deum (c. 1690) Lully - Overture from Phaëthon (1683) Purcell - Chacony in g (c. 1680) Lully - Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs (1670) Couperin - L'Imperiale from Les Nations (1726) (Allemande, Sarabande, Bourée, Rondeau) Jaquet de la Guerre – Sonate pour violon in d (1707) (Prelude, Aria, Presto) Campra – Silène (1714) for baritone, violin and continuo Boismortier – Sonata for viola da gamba Op.31 (1730) (Prelude, Gavotte, Rondeau, Allemande) Rameau -Suite from Les Indes Galantes (1735) (Ouverture, Air des Fleurs, Air pour les esclaves africains, Rigaudons, Air des Incas pour la dévotion du soleil, Dance du Grand Calumet exécutée par les sauvages) |
Blakesley Hall
13th April 2014
We played played some of our favourite pieces of Purcell and Handel on this opening weekend of the 2014 season, with music from The Alchemist, Fairy Queen, Abdelazar. We will also feature a guest singer with some Purcell and Vinci.
13th April 2014
We played played some of our favourite pieces of Purcell and Handel on this opening weekend of the 2014 season, with music from The Alchemist, Fairy Queen, Abdelazar. We will also feature a guest singer with some Purcell and Vinci.
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Music for Christmas
Compton Verney, Adams Hall 14th December 2013 Valentini – Sinfonia a tre Op. 1 per il Santissimo Natale Charpentier – Noels pour les instruments H.531 Telemann - Concerto in G for 4 violins Corelli - Op. 6 No. 8 Christmas Concerto Handel – Messiah – Overture, Comfort ye, Every valley, Pastorale and Hallelujah Telemann – Festive Suite TWV 55:A8 Vivaldi – Winter Op. 8 No. 4, slow movement Bach – Suite in C BWV 1066 (Air, Gavotte) |
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Tears of Sorrow, Tears of Joy
Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon
7th December 2013
A concert to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the birth of John Dowland. Music by Dowland, Byrd and Holborne and readings from the period.
Viols
Treble Angela Cranmore
Tenor 1 Clive Letchford
Tenor 2 Mitch Phillips
Bass 1 Claire Horacek
Bass 2 Jenny Curtis
Lute Mike Ashley
Soprano Kathryn Ellis
Baritone Clive Letchford
The readers
Ursula Russell
Tim Raistrick
Programme here.
Viols
Treble Angela Cranmore
Tenor 1 Clive Letchford
Tenor 2 Mitch Phillips
Bass 1 Claire Horacek
Bass 2 Jenny Curtis
Lute Mike Ashley
Soprano Kathryn Ellis
Baritone Clive Letchford
The readers
Ursula Russell
Tim Raistrick
Programme here.
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Purcell and other English composers
19th October 2013
with the Circle Singers of Leamington Spa
St John the Baptist Church, Fleet Street, Coventry
Saturday 19th October, 7.00pm
Dido and Aeneas
20 September 2013
Levi-Fox Hall, King Edward Sixth School,
Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon Avon
Friday 20th September, 7.30pm
as part of a double bill with Marlowe's. Dido, Queen of Carthage.
This was a shortened version, using young soloists from Stratford upon Avon
Belinda – Lucinda Murphy
Dido – Emily Collins
Aeneas– Sam Bridges
Sorceress – Joe Woodman
Spirit – Patrick Ellis
Sailor – Chris Kingdom
Programme notes are here.
Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon Avon
Friday 20th September, 7.30pm
as part of a double bill with Marlowe's. Dido, Queen of Carthage.
This was a shortened version, using young soloists from Stratford upon Avon
Belinda – Lucinda Murphy
Dido – Emily Collins
Aeneas– Sam Bridges
Sorceress – Joe Woodman
Spirit – Patrick Ellis
Sailor – Chris Kingdom
Programme notes are here.
Middleton Hall - 11th August 2013
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St. Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick
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King Arthur Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Chaconne, Song: Fairest Isle Venus and Adonis John Blow (1649-1708) Overture, Huntsmans’ Dance, Dance of Cupids The Graces’ Dance, Chaconny in g The Indian Queen Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Song: I attempt from love’s sickness to fly The Fairy Queen Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Prelude in G, Hornpipe, Aire, Rondeau, If love’s a sweet passion Song: See even night herself Entry Dance, Hornpipe, Dance For the fairies Song: Now the night is chased away The unhappy penitent Daniel Purcell (c.1664-1717) Overture, Aire 1, Aire 2, Hornpipe, Chaconne The Fairy Queen Henry Purcell (1659 -1695) Chaconne |
Shakespeare's birthday
23 April 2013
On the Saturday nearest Shakespeare's birthday, there is a parade through the town centre, led by the boys of King Edward VI School, the school that Shakespeare must have studied at.
The procession ends up in Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon, past the Clopton chapel, which is acknowledged as the finest renaissance tomb in all England, that of George Carew (died 1629) and his wife Joyce Clopton.
.. and ends up at the bust of Shakespeare, where those in the procession lay flowers, traditionally coloured yellow and blue.
Resident group at Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon 2012-13
We are happy to have become the resident group playing for occasional special services at Holy Trinity.
- On 8th November we accompanied the choir in Purcell's Rejoice in the Lord Alway and played Purcell's Chacony with a group of four string players and chamber organ.
- On 10th February, we expanded our numbers and featured the harmonically bold anthem Behold now praise the Lord, and used the continuo team of cello and gamba to add colour to his Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G minor and his Thou knowest, Lord. Instrumentally, we played the March and Canzona and ended with a selection of the symphonies from the anthem It is a good thing.
- In the summer term we turned to John Blow. The first anthem was I was in the spirit. This has come down to us with a simple organ reduction, so Clive Letchford reconstructed the inner instrumental parts.
- The second was I beheld and lo, a great multitude. Both of these have a four part verse (Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass) giving a richer sound than the better-known Purcellian trio of ATB,
Honington, Warwickshire Saturday 23rd June 2012
Honington is a small, picturesque hamlet 2 miles north of Shipston-on-Stour. It has a lovely church, All Saints, built in the square style of the London churches built after the great fire of London, but is unusual in that it retains its original 13th Century tower. All Saints was built in 1682, and thus forms a perfect venue for Bach (born 1685).
Our programme made use of two flutes as well as our normal complement of string players.
We celebrated the anniversary of the birth of John Stanley in 1712. Blinded in an accident at the age of two, this did not stop him getting his first position as an organist at the age of 11, his BMus from the University of Oxford and being organist of the prestigious Temple Church in London for many years. His surviving works show a good ear for melody and graceful, well-crafted pieces. From (almost) the same year, the concert also celebrated the composition and first season of Handel's opera Rinaldo (first season Autumn 1711- Spring 1712), which went on to become one of his most popular operas in his lifetime.
We also wanted to champion the work of the Dutch composer Willem de Fesch, who was active in Amsterdam and Antwerp before moving to London in 1731 where he played violone (double bass) in Handel's orchestra.
de Fash Concerto Grosso Op 10 No. 8
for two flutes and strings
Stanley Concerto Grosso Opus 2 no 4
for strings
Telemann: Trio Sonata
Flute, violin and continuo
Bach : dances from Orchestral suite in b
Flute and strings
INTERVAL
Telemann Concerto for flute in b
Handel: overture from Rinaldo and aria Veni o Cara
for baritone
Handel: Theme and variations in E (Harmonious Blacksmith)
for harpsichord
Telemann Suite in e from Tafelmusik
for two flutes and strings
We celebrated the anniversary of the birth of John Stanley in 1712. Blinded in an accident at the age of two, this did not stop him getting his first position as an organist at the age of 11, his BMus from the University of Oxford and being organist of the prestigious Temple Church in London for many years. His surviving works show a good ear for melody and graceful, well-crafted pieces. From (almost) the same year, the concert also celebrated the composition and first season of Handel's opera Rinaldo (first season Autumn 1711- Spring 1712), which went on to become one of his most popular operas in his lifetime.
We also wanted to champion the work of the Dutch composer Willem de Fesch, who was active in Amsterdam and Antwerp before moving to London in 1731 where he played violone (double bass) in Handel's orchestra.
de Fash Concerto Grosso Op 10 No. 8
for two flutes and strings
Stanley Concerto Grosso Opus 2 no 4
for strings
Telemann: Trio Sonata
Flute, violin and continuo
Bach : dances from Orchestral suite in b
Flute and strings
INTERVAL
Telemann Concerto for flute in b
Handel: overture from Rinaldo and aria Veni o Cara
for baritone
Handel: Theme and variations in E (Harmonious Blacksmith)
for harpsichord
Telemann Suite in e from Tafelmusik
for two flutes and strings
St. Margaret's Church, Leicester, Saturday 26th May 2012
Music for the Theatre
This concert was given as part of the Leicester Early Music Festival. The programme brought together music by four composers spanning some 30 years, all composed to complement performances on the stage. We were very happy to share the programme with local harpsichordist, Anne de Greave.
The Fairy Queen - Henry Purcell
Prelude – Hornpipe – Aire – Rondeau – Entry Dance – Hornpipe – For the Fairies - Chaconne
Suite No 5 in g - Henry Purcell
Chaconne (for harpsichord)
Phaethon
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Overture – Aire pour les Suivants de Saturne –Bourée pour les Suivants de Saturne – Le Printemps & sa suite dansent – Entrée des Furies – Marche – Air pour les Mesmes – Chaconne
INTERVAL
The Unhappy Penitent
Daniel Purcell
Overture – Aire – Aire – Bore – Slow Aire – Aire – Hornpipe – Chacone
Suite in D
Aria and variations - Maurice Greene
Harpsichord
The Alchimist
George Frederick Handel
Overture – Prelude – Minuet – Saraband – Boree – Aire – Minuet – Aire – Jigg
The Fairy Queen - Henry Purcell
Prelude – Hornpipe – Aire – Rondeau – Entry Dance – Hornpipe – For the Fairies - Chaconne
Suite No 5 in g - Henry Purcell
Chaconne (for harpsichord)
Phaethon
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Overture – Aire pour les Suivants de Saturne –Bourée pour les Suivants de Saturne – Le Printemps & sa suite dansent – Entrée des Furies – Marche – Air pour les Mesmes – Chaconne
INTERVAL
The Unhappy Penitent
Daniel Purcell
Overture – Aire – Aire – Bore – Slow Aire – Aire – Hornpipe – Chacone
Suite in D
Aria and variations - Maurice Greene
Harpsichord
The Alchimist
George Frederick Handel
Overture – Prelude – Minuet – Saraband – Boree – Aire – Minuet – Aire – Jigg
