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Ensemble Renard (wind instruments)

Escape from the clamour of the city and join Ensemble Renard for a recital of music that captures the symbiotic nature of humanity’s relationship to the natural world.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, famed for writing the most touching and human of music, frequently wrote pieces for automated instruments such as his Andante K.616, to which we give a new life in an arrangement for wind quintet.

Blue Cheese and Olive Oil by Cheryl Frances-Hoad takes inspiration from foods associated with two pillars of 20th-century European musical culture, and George Stevenson’s Les Machines de l’île is a musical description of the wooden creatures that decorate the old dockyard in Nantes, France.

Interspersed between these musical manufacturings, Ensemble Renard present three works that capture the humanity of different folk traditions: Judith Weir’s Mountain Airs is a free adaptation of two Scottish folk tunes; Pavel Haas’s Wind Quintet takes inspiration both from Moravian folk music and Jewish liturgical practice; lastly, Béla Bartók’s Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm pulse with celebratory rhythmic vitality.

 

Come and Sing: Extracts from Karl Jenkin’s The Armed Man

 

Join Jennifer Sterling for an afternoon workshop to rehearse extracts from Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man.

This will be followed by an informal performance at 4pm which is open for all to attend.

Timings

Doors open – 1pm
Workshop 1:30 – 3:30pm
Break
Informal performance – 4pm

Jennifer Sterling Director

Tickets £12, including music hire.

Participants are advised that the ability to read music and experience of singing in a choir is required. When booking your tickets, please inform us of your voice type (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

 

Come and Sing: Classic Choral Anthems

Join Dexter Drown for an afternoon workshop to rehearse Classic Choral Anthems.

This will be followed by an informal performance at 4pm which is open for all to attend.

Programme to include


Mendelssohn Verleih uns Frieden
Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Dyevo 
Faure Cantique de Jean Racine
Handel My Heart is Inditing
Handel Zadok the Priest

Timings

Doors open – 1pm
Workshop 1:30 – 3:30pm
Break
Informal performance – 4pm

Dexter Drown Director
Phoebe Tak Man Chow Organist

Tickets £12, including music hire.

Participants are advised that the ability to read music and experience of singing in a choir is required. When booking your tickets, please inform us of your voice type (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

 

Brahms Requiem by Candlelight

“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

A choral masterpiece designed to comfort the living, Brahms’s A German Requiem, in a chamber arrangement by Iain Farrington, is brought to life by both the Choir and Chamber Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

 

Basil Alter (violin) and Aleksandra Myslek (piano)

Stravinsky’s violin transcription of his neoclassical success Pulcinella pairs well with Beethoven’s first violin and piano sonata from the Op. 12 set. Both composers were influenced by imagining the past in their present-day – Beethoven emulating one of his favourite composers, Mozart and Stravinsky restyling the music of the Italian baroque. Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo completes this programme of violin recital favourites.

 

Baroque Classics by Candlelight

Experience the vibrant energy of the Baroque era with Vivaldi’s Spring and Summer from the Four Seasons and Bach’s expressive Violin Concerto in A minor.

From the joyful bloom of spring to the fiery heat of summer, and the intricate beauty of Bach’s violin writing, this selection captures the drama, elegance, and passion that define Baroque music.

Baroque Classics by Candlelight

Experience the vibrant energy of the Baroque era with Vivaldi’s Spring and Summer from the Four Seasons and Bach’s expressive Violin Concerto in A minor.

From the joyful bloom of spring to the fiery heat of summer, and the intricate beauty of Bach’s violin writing, this selection captures the drama, elegance, and passion that define Baroque music.

 

Baroque Classics by Candlelight

Experience the vibrant energy of the Baroque era with Handel’s Water Music and Bach’s Air on a G String.

From the joyful bloom of spring to the fiery heat of summer, and the intricate beauty of Bach’s violin writing, this selection captures the drama, elegance, and passion that define Baroque music.

Please note, the programme for tonight’s performance has changed. We apologise for any inconvenience. 

Baroque Classics by Candlelight

Join St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble for an evocative evening of Baroque masterworks, performed in the gentle glow of candlelight.

This programme features iconic works such as Bach’s Air on a G String and Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue, alongside vivid gems by Tartini, Vivaldi, Handel, Leonarda, and von Bayreuth.

From the grandeur of the Water Music to the intimacy of Sonata Prima, this concert offers a rich tapestry of Baroque colour, elegance, and expression.

 

Baroque Classics by Candlelight

Experience the vibrant energy of the Baroque era with Vivaldi’s Spring and Summer from the Four Seasons and Bach’s expressive Violin Concerto in A minor.

From the joyful bloom of spring to the fiery heat of summer, and the intricate beauty of Bach’s violin writing, this selection captures the drama, elegance, and passion that define Baroque music.