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English lute player and songwriter
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2020-02-27 08:26:08
Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 2020 marks the 500th anniversary of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London. To celebrate there is series of concerts, starting with Bach's St John Passion (29/3/2020), with the Choir and Band of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London, conducted by Colm Carey with William Searle (Evangelist) and Caspar Barrie (Christus).The concerts continue with Tom Poulson (trumpet) and Christian Wilson (organ) in Purcell, Handel and Sally Beamish (19/5/2020), and further ahead soprano Zoe Brookshaw and lutenist Eligio Luis Quinteiro in Dowland, Danyel, Kapsperger and Purcell, Clare McCaldin in Martin Bussey's opera Mary's Hand [see my review], and the season ends with a gala concert on 17/11/2020 including Handel’s Eighth Chandos Anthem and Vivaldi's Gloria.There was a chapel on the site of the present one before the Norman conquest. Repaired by Henry III, in 1286 Henry's son, […]
2019-03-02 05:45:00
Classical Music News of the Week, March 2, 2019
[…] the St. Charles Singers are available at www.stcharlessingers.com or by calling (630) 513-5272. Tickets are also available at Townhouse Books, 105 N. Second Ave., St. Charles (checks or cash only at this ticket venue). Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the day of the concert, depending on availability. Group discounts are available. --Nathan J. Silverman Co. PRHappy Birthday to Emma Kirkby! 70th Birthday Concert at Wigmore Hall Works by Dowland, Purcell, Byrd, Danyel, Gibbons, Lawes, Notari, and more Jakob Lindberg, lute Steven Devine, harpsichord Miriam Allan, soprano Dame Emma performs alongside long-term musical associates as well as a younger generation of artists she believes will play an important role in the future of early music. Full concert details here: https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/dame-emma-kirkby-201902281900 And listen to her podcast here: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/podcast/dame-emma-kirkby-a-birthday-podcast --Schwalbe and PartnersPrinceton University Glee Club Presents: Calmus Vocal Ensemble Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30PM at the Miller Chapel (Princeton […]
2019-03-01 12:35:14
Dame Emma Kirkby's 70th birthday concert at the Wigmore Hall
[…] Williams bass, Sam Brown & Toby Carr lute), the Chelys Consort (Ibraham Aziz, Kate Conway, Alison Kinder & Jenny Bullock viols), the Fieri Consort (Hannah Ely soprano, Nancy Cole & Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano, Paul Bentley & Josh Cooter tenor, Ben McKee bass), Jakob Lindberg (chitarrone), Miriam Allan (soprano), Steven Devine (harpsichord) and Charles Medlam (viola da gamba), in a programme of lute songs, consort songs, madrigals and more, which moved from John Dowland and John Danyel, through William Byrd, Michael East and Orlando Gibbons, to Luca Marenzio, Giovanni Kapsberg, Sigismondo d'India, Antonio Cifra, and Giovanni Felice Sances, to John Jenkins, William Lawes, John Blow, and Henry Purcell. It was a long programme, but an engaging one and very much devoted to music making which was communal and often quite intimate, with Dame Emma taking her place alongside younger colleagues to create a very collegial atmosphere.We opened with Dowland and […]
2018-12-26 09:23:48
By Danyel Gilgan For much of the last five years, I have been writing a book about the life of my late grandfather, Wilf Franks. Wilf was an artist and sculptor who had trained for a period at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar Germany. While there, he came face to face …
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