Concerts in 2025: Eight Counties, Nine Churches, Eleven Concerts
31 Mar 2025
We look forward to seeing you in 2025. Scroll down this page to find out more about the concerts we'll be holding in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, and Norfolk.
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23 May at 6.30pm
St Andrew, Chedworth, Gloucestershire
The Prizewinners' Recital
Meg Davies (Clarinet)
Katie Bartels (Flute)
Catherine Milledge (Piano)
Programme
Heitor Villas Lobos (1887–1959): Chorus No.2 for Flute and Clarinet
George Gershwin (1898–1937): Three Preludes
Francine Aubin (1938–2016): Deux Pièces En Forme de Jazz
Alec Templeton (1909–63): Pocket Size Sonata No. 1
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974): 'Modéré' and 'Brazileira' from Scaramouche, Op. 165
Interval
Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960): Aria
Mel Bonis (1858–1937): Sonate for Flute and Piano, Op. 64
Florent Schmitt (1870–1958): Sonatine en Trio, Op. 85
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24 May at 6.30pm
St Andrew, Chedworth, Gloucestershire
The Dancing Star
Ensemble Molière
- Flavia Hirte (Flute)
- Alice Earll (Violin)
- Kate Conway (Viola da gamba)
- Catriona McDermid (Bassoon)
- Satoko Doi-Luck (Harpsichord)
Programme
André Campra (1660–1744), arr. Satoko Doi-Luck: ‘Ouverture’ from Tancrède
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): ‘Suite’ from Terpsicore
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), arr. Satoko Doi-Luck: ‘Les Fleurs Suite’ from Les Indes Galantes
Interval
George Frideric Handel, arr. Satoko Doi-Luck: ‘Entrée des Songes’ from Alcina
Jean-Philippe Rameau, arr. Satoko Doi-Luck: ‘Suite’ from Dardanus
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747): Les Caractères de la Danse
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31 May at 6.30pm
St Mary the Virgin, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Viennese Pinnacles
The English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Octet, Op. 103
Beethoven: Rondino in E flat major for Wind Octet, WoO 25
Interval
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Serenade No. 10 for winds, K. 361 (‘Gran Partita’)
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1 June at 4pm
St Mary the Virgin, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Quartets: Vienna - London - Paris
The London Chamber Ensemble Quartet
- Madeleine Mitchell (Violin)
- Gordon MacKay (Violin)
- Bridget Carey (Viola)
- Joseph Spooner (Cello)
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): String Quartet in C major, Op. 33 No.3 (‘The Bird’)
Charles Wood (1866–1926): String Quartet in E flat major (‘The Highgate’)
Interval
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): String Quartet in F major
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5 June at 6.30pm
St Michael, Church Stowe, Northamptonshire
Rivals
Saraband
- Sarah Bealby-Wright (Violin)
- Henrietta Wayne (Violin)
- Johan Löfving (Theorbo/guitar)
- Jacob Garside (Cello/Viola da gamba)
Programme
Nicola Matteis (c. 1650–1713): ‘Ground in D’ from Ayres for the violin
Matthew Locke (c. 1621/3–1677): ‘Fantasia’ from Suite No. 1 in G minor (‘The Broken Consort’)
Marin Marias (1656–1728): ‘Rondeau Paysan - La Biscayenne’ from Suite No. 6 in E minor (Pièces de viole, Livre IV)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): 'Andante' and 'Allegro' from Trio Sonata in A major, Op. 5 No. 1/HWV 396
Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747): 'Largo' and 'Allegro' from Trio Sonata No. 9 in B minor
Giovanni Kapsberger (1580–1651): Canario
Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695) and Anon.: Excerpts from The Beggar’s Opera
Interval
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713): Trio Sonata in D major, Op. 3 No. 2
François Couperin (1668–1733): L'Apothéose de Lully and L'Apothéose de Corelli (excerpts)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764): L'entrée de Polimnie from Les Boréades
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1787): Tunes from Le Devin du Village
Samuel Arnold (1740–1802): ‘The Milkmaid’s Aria’ from The Enraged Musician
Anon., arr. Peter Salem: ‘The Rival Milkmaids’
Neil Gow (1727–1827), arr. Peter Salem: ‘Lady Charlotte Murray’s Jig’
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12 June at 6.30pm
All Saints', Wickhambrook, Suffolk
The Trumpet Shall Sound
Fiori Musicali Chamber Ensemble
- Penelope Rapson (Director)
- David Blackadder (Natural trumpet)
- Gail Hennessy (Oboe)
- Andrew Tipple (Bass)
Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707): Suite for Trumpet and Strings
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759): 'Passacaille' from Trio Sonata in G major, Op.5 No.4/HWV 399
Jeremiah Clarke: Suite for Trumpet and Strings
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 'Ich habe genug', BWV 82
Interval
George Frideric Handel: Suite in D for Trumpet
George Frideric Handel: ‘The trumpet shall sound’ from Messiah
Alessandro Marcello (1673–1747): Concerto for Oboe in D minor, S D935
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘Kron und Preis’ from Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!, BWV 214
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6 July at 6.30pm
St Mary's, Longworth, Oxfordshire
A Heavenly Harmony: A Journey Through the Life of Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Chelys Consort of Viols and Vespri Segreti
Programme
Orlando Gibbons: ‘As on the night before this Blessed Morn’ (Song 46)
Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656): Voluntary, MB 30 and ‘My shepherd is the living Lord’
William Byrd (1572–1656): Fantasia a 5, 'Two parts in one in the fourth above'
Orlando Gibbons: ‘Glorious and powerful God’
Edward Gibbons (1568–1650): ‘What strikes the clocke’ and ‘How hath the city’
Orlando Gibbons: Fantasia a3 ‘for the great dooble bass’ No 1 and ‘Almighty and everlasting God’
Interval
Orlando Gibbons: ‘Grant, O Holy Trinity’
John Dowland (c. 1563–1626): ‘Flow My Tears’
Orlando Gibbons: Pavan, MB17 and ‘Behold, Thou hast made my days’
Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695): Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z. 49 and Fantasia upon One Note (in D), Z. 745
Orlando Gibbons: ‘This Is The Record of John’ and ‘The Silver Swan’
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12 July at 6.30pm
St Cyr and St Julitta, Newton St Cyres, Devon
A Thousand Flexible Ways: Dialogues From the Age of 'Meraviglia'
Monteverdi String Band
- Oliver Webber (Violin)
- Hannah Ely (Soprano)
- Toby Carr (Lute/Theorbo)
Programme
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): ‘Zefiro torna’
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545–1607): ‘Deh vieni ormai’
Giulio Caccini (1551–1618): ‘Queste lagrime amare’; Violin toccata and diminutions on ‘Vergine bella’
Claudio Monteverdi: ‘Ohimè ch’io cado’ with violin ritornelli
Biagio Marini (1594–1663): Sonata variata (violin and theorbo)
Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674): ‘Exulta, gaude, filia Sion’
Interval
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–15): ‘Vestiva i colli’ with diminutions for voice and violin
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1569–1630): Galliard on ‘Vestiva i colli’
Giovanni Felice Sances (1600–16): ‘O Domine Jesu’
Giovanni Bassano (1561–1617): Ricercata settima
Thomas Crecquillon (c. 1505–1557): ‘Par trop souffrir’ with diminutions for violin and lute
Johann Nauwach (1595–1630): ‘Amarilli mia bella’ passeggiata
Biagio Marini: Sonata
Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665): Canzonetta spirituale; Ciaccona
Carlo G (anon/dates unknown): ‘Mater Ierusalem’
Tarquinio Merula: ‘Cantate Jubilate’
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13 July at 3.30pm
St Mary the Virgin, Bruton, Somerset
A Journey East
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
- Elena Urioste (Violin)
- Savitri Grier (Violin)
- Melissa White (Violin)
- Nathan Amaral (Violin)
- Rosalind Ventris (Viola)
- Edgar Francis (Viola)
- Laura van der Heijden (Cello)
- Tony Rymer (Cello)
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–19): Quartet for Four Violins
Antonín Dvorák (1841–1904): String Sextet in A major, Op. 48
Interval
George Enescu (1881–1955): String Octet in C major, Op. 7
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22 July at 6.30pm
St Mary the Virgin, Wiveton, Norfolk
Crossing Borders: Eighteenth Century Travels Across the Italian Border
La Serenissima directed by Adrian Chandler
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758): Ouverture-Suite for Strings and Continuo in F major
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): ‘Paris’ Concerto VI for Strings and Continuo in G minor, RV 154
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in B flat major, RV 380
Interval
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in G minor, RV 330
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Ouverture-Suite for Strings and Continuo in A minor, TWV 55.a2
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23 July at 5pm
All Saints', Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk
The Nelson Mass in Nelson's Church: Come and Sing Afternoon Workshop and Performance
Our final concert will be a performance of F. J. Haydn's Missa in Angustiis directed by Nigel Short of Tenebrae. Haydn's mass setting was was dedicated to Horatio Lord Nelson who was baptised in All Saints'. The afternoon workshop for anyone who would like to come-and-sing will be followed by a performance for audience. The orchestra will comprise local professional musicians and the soloists will be young professionals from Tenebrae's Associate Artists programme.
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