We look forward to seeing you at our concerts over the Summer!

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6 July at 6.30pm
St Mary, 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’

Tickets: £20, £15

This concert has been generously sponsored by Michael and Nicola McLintock and the Beeching Trust.

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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’

Tickets: £30, £25, £15

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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

Tickets: £20 (General Admission)

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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

Tickets: £50 (General Admission), includes a pre-concert reception

This concert has been generously sponsored by the Lady Hind Trust and the R. C. Snelling Charitable Trust.

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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 which audience is welcome to join. The orchestra will comprise local professional musicians and the soloists will be singers from Tenebrae.

This concert is being held in association with Music in the Burnhams.

Tickets: £15 (come-and-sing), £20 (audience, 5.00pm performance)

This concert has been generously sponsored the Lady Hind Trust.

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