Archive of concerts
This is a record of all the concerts by The Bach Players, 1997–2023
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Biber: the Sorrowful Mysteries
Friday 10 February 2023, 7.30pm
Laidlaw Music Centre, University of St Andrews, Queen’s Terrace, St Andrews KY16 9QF
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak perform the second cycle of H.I.F. Biber’s Rosary or Mystery sonatas. This cycle is concerned with the death of Christ and the events that surrounded it. In the three central sonatas Ricardo Barros dances as a third partner in the music.
Biber: the Sorrowful Mysteries
Saturday 9 April 2022, 4.00pm
Saxon Shore Early Music: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent TN26 2NF
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak perform the second cycle of H.I.F. Biber’s Rosary or Mystery sonatas. This cycle is concerned with the death of Christ and the events that surrounded it. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by J.P.
A musical offering
Saturday 18 December 2021, 7.30pm
Georgian Concert Society: St Andrew’s & St George’s West, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons.
Biber: the Joyful Mysteries
Thursday 9 December 2021, 7.00pm
Cambridge Early Music: Little St Mary’s Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QG
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak play the first five of Biber’s Mystery or Rosary sonatas, concerned with the birth of Christ and the events that surrounded it. Pawel Siwczak will also play music by composers of Biber’s time.
A musical banquet
Sunday 5 December 2021, 3.00pm
Seaford Music Society: Seaford Baptist Church, Belgrave Road, Seaford BN25 2EE
A festive programme of Baroque music from various European countries.
The music
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Rosary sonatas (the Joyful Mysteries) – The Annunciation
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714): Sonata seconda in E minor
Giovanni Geronimo Kapsberger (c.
All Bach
Saturday 24 July 2021, 7.00pm
King’s Lynn Festival: St Nicholas’ Chapel, St Ann’s Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1NH
For our first concerts since March 2020 and the eruption here of the Covid pandemic, we return to the music of J.S. Bach. Substantial pieces that feature the flute open and close the concert: the B minor Orchestral Suite and the fifth Brandenburg Concerto.
All Bach
Wednesday 21 July 2021, 3.00pm
Haddo House, Methlick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire AB41 7EQ
For our first concerts since March 2020 and the eruption here of the Covid pandemic, we return to the music of J.S. Bach. Substantial pieces that feature the flute open and close the concert: the B minor Orchestral Suite and the fifth Brandenburg Concerto.
All Bach
Sunday 18 July 2021, 3.00pm
Concerts at Cratfield: St Mary’s, Church Road, Cratfield, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 0BU
This concert has now been cancelled
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Suite in B minor for flute and strings, BWV 1067
Canons from the Goldberg Variations,
Bach and Buxtehude: 25th anniversary concert
Thursday 15 July 2021, 7.30pm
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Coming out of the long break of the Covid pandemic, we return to our founding inspiration: the music of J.S. Bach, complemented here with a piece by Dieterich Buxtehude, Bach’s admired older colleague. The group was founded in 1996 and gave its first concerts the following year.
All Bach
Friday 9 July 2021, 7.30pm
Chichester Chamber Concerts: Assembly Room, Chichester Council House, North Street, Chichester PO19 1LQ
For our first concerts since March 2020 and the eruption here of the Covid pandemic, we return to the music of J.S. Bach. Substantial pieces that feature the flute open and close the concert: the B minor Orchestral Suite and the fifth Brandenburg Concerto.
A musical offering
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 8.00pm
Leamington Music: St Mary’s Church, Old Square, Warwick CV34 4RA
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons. The concert opens with a sonata by Buxtehude,
Bach and Buxtehude
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 5.00pm
Leamington Music: St Mary’s Church, Old Square, Warwick CV34 4RA
Coming out of the long break of the Covid pandemic, The Bach Players return to their founding inspiration: the music of J.S. Bach, complemented here with a piece by Dieterich Buxtehude, Bach’s admired older colleague.
Bach and Goldberg: master and student
Thursday 28 January 2021, 7.30pm
Chichester Chamber Concerts: Assembly Room, Chichester Council House, North Street, Chichester PO19 1LQ
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was a virtuoso harpsichordist employed by Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, the Russian ambassador to Saxony, who commissioned a set of variations from Bach to combat his sleeplessness. Goldberg was their first performer.
All Bach
Tuesday 26 January 2021, 5.00pm
Leamington Music: St Mary’s Church, Old Square, Warwick CV34 4RA
We return to the music of J.S. Bach in two concerts of about an hour each. At 5 pm we play two of Bach’s great works that feature the flute: the B minor Orchestral Suite and the fifth Brandenburg Concerto.
A musical offering
Saturday 23 January 2021, 7.30pm
Georgian Concert Society: St Andrew’s & St George’s West, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons.
Biber: the Joyful Mysteries
Tuesday 8 December 2020, 7.30pm
Great St Mary’s, Senate House Hill, Cambridge CB2 3PQ
In this concert Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak play the first five of Biber’s Mystery or Rosary sonatas, concerned with the birth of Christ and the events that surrounded it. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by composers of Biber’s time: Buxtehude and Pachelbel.
The Grand Tour
Sunday 29 November 2020, 3.00pm
Seaford Music Society: St Leonard’s Church, Church Street, Seaford BN25 1LR
Music by French, English, German, and Italian composers that one might have heard on an eighteenth-century ‘grand tour’.
>>> As a precaution against spreading Covid-19, this concert has been cancelled
The music
Nicola Matteis (c.
Bach and Goldberg: master and student
Sunday 4 October 2020, 3.00pm
Haddo House, Methlick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire AB41 7EQ
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was a virtuoso harpsichordist employed by Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, the Russian ambassador to Saxony, who commissioned a set of variations from Bach to combat his sleeplessness. Goldberg was their first performer. As well as being a student of Bach,
Bach and Goldberg: master and student
Friday 2 October 2020, 7.30pm
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was a virtuoso harpsichordist employed by Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, the Russian ambassador to Saxony, who commissioned a set of variations from Bach to combat his sleeplessness. Goldberg was their first performer. As well as being a student of Bach,
Bach and Goldberg: master and student
Wednesday 30 September 2020, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was a virtuoso harpsichordist employed by Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk, the Russian ambassador to Saxony, who commissioned a set of variations from Bach to combat his sleeplessness. Goldberg was their first performer. As well as being a student of Bach,
The Grand Tour
Saturday 11 July 2020, 5.00pm
St Swithin’s Church, Clunbury, Shropshire SY7 0HG
Music by French, English, German, and Italian composers that one might have heard on an eighteenth-century ‘grand tour’.
>>> As a precaution against spreading Covid-19, this concert has been cancelled
The music
Nicola Matteis (c.
The Grand Tour
Friday 10 July 2020, 7.00pm
Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT
Music by French, English, German, and Italian composers that one might have heard on an eighteenth-century ‘grand tour’.
>>> As a precaution against spreading Covid-19, this concert has been cancelled
The music
Nicola Matteis (c.
The Grand Tour
Thursday 25 June 2020, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Music by French, English, German, and Italian composers that one might have heard on an eighteenth-century ‘grand tour’.
>>> As a precaution against spreading Covid-19, this concert has been cancelled
The music
Nicola Matteis (c.
Biber: the Sorrowful Mysteries
Saturday 4 April 2020, 7.30pm
Saxon Shore Early Music: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent TN26 2NF
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak perform the second cycle of H.I.F. Biber’s Rosary or Mystery sonatas. This cycle is concerned with the death of Christ and the events that surrounded it. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by J.P.
Biber: the Sorrowful Mysteries
Sunday 29 March 2020, 5.00pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak perform the second cycle of H.I.F. Biber’s Rosary or Mystery sonatas. This cycle is concerned with the death of Christ and the events that surrounded it. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by J.P.
Biber: the Sorrowful Mysteries
Sunday 15 March 2020, 5.00pm
St Swithin’s Church, Clunbury, near Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 0HG
Following their first Biber concert at St Swithin’s, in December 2018, Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak perform the second cycle of the Rosary or Mystery sonatas. This cycle is concerned with the death of Christ and the events that surrounded it.
Stabat Mater
Saturday 7 March 2020, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s Priory, Southampton Road, London NW5 4LB
Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater text was hugely popular and remains so – it is often thought of as ‘the’ version of the Stabat Mater. The concert also includes the Sinfonia and Sonata al Santo Sepolcro by Vivaldi – his only sacred instrumental pieces.
Pour le souper du roi
Wednesday 22 January 2020, 7.30pm
Influence Church, Victoria Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4AS
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV by his favourite composers. Composers who were allowed into the inner circle of the king were given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private rooms.
Biber: the Joyful Mysteries
Wednesday 4 December 2019, 7.30pm
Clitheroe Grammar School, Sixth Form Centre, York Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 2DJ
In this concert Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak play the first five of Biber’s Mystery or Rosary sonatas, concerned with the birth of Christ and the events that surrounded it. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by composers of Biber’s time: Buxtehude and Pachelbel.
A European Christmas
Sunday 1 December 2019, 5.00pm
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
A concert in celebration of Advent and Christmas, starting with music from the Austro-Italian seventeenth-century Catholic tradition; from the Annunciation to the birth of Jesus, with the focus on Mary and the baby Jesus. After the interval: the eighteenth-century Lutheran tradition in Germany with two cantatas by J.
A European Christmas
Thursday 28 November 2019, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
A concert in celebration of Advent and Christmas, starting with music from the Austro-Italian seventeenth-century Catholic tradition; from the Annunciation to the birth of Jesus, with the focus on Mary and the baby Jesus. After the interval: the eighteenth-century Lutheran tradition in Germany with two cantatas by J.
A musical offering
Sunday 3 November 2019, 3.30pm
Brighton Early Music Festival: St Paul’s Church, West Street, Brighton BN1 2RE
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons. The concert opens with a sonata by Buxtehude,
Couperin: l’Art de la Danse
Sunday 20 October 2019, 2.00pm
Two Moors Festival: New Assembly Room, South Molton, Devon EX36 3AB
We present a variety of François Couperin’s instrumental compositions in both the Italian and French styles: formal dances and character pieces, sonatas and harpsichord solo pieces. Our dancers will dance where appropriate. This is an exploration: can music be danced to,
Mystery Sonatas
Friday 24 May 2019, 8.15pm
Oud-Katholieke Kerk ’t Huis te Poort, Dam 30, 3111 BD Schiedam, The Netherlands
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak play a selection of Biber’s Mystery (or Rosary) Sonatas. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by composers of Biber’s time.
The music
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704):
From the Joyful Mysteries:
The Annunciation
Dieterich Buxtehude (c.
Mystery Sonatas
Sunday 19 May 2019, 6.30pm
St Saviour’s Church, Eton Road, South Hampstead, London, NW3 4SU
Nicolette Moonen and Pawel Siwczak play a selection of Biber’s Mystery (or Rosary) Sonatas. Pawel Siwczak will also play organ music by composers of Biber’s time.
The music
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704):
From the Joyful Mysteries:
The Annunciation
Dieterich Buxtehude (c.
Dance of the Nations
Saturday 11 May 2019, 7.15pm
London Festival of Baroque Music: St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
The Bach Players join hands with Ricardo Barros’s Mercurius Company to present a concert that embodies the European idea in music and dance. Musicians and dancers have always travelled, both in mind and in body,
A hop and step across the Channel: learn to dance a Gavotte and a Menuet with Ricardo Barros
Saturday 11 May 2019, 10.30am
London Festival of Baroque Music: St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Follow English dancing master Mr Isaac’s footsteps and hop across the channel for a dancing ‘entente cordiale’. Learn contredanses in the two most popular forms of the Baroque period: the gavotte ‘La Bonne Amitié’ by Feuillet (1706) and the ‘Menuet Anglois’ by Lorin (1698).
Dance of the Nations
Thursday 9 May 2019, 7.30pm
The Garage, 14 Chapel Field North, Norwich NR2 1NY
The Bach Players join hands with Ricardo Barros to present a concert that embodies the European idea in music and dance. Artists have always travelled and this programme will take you on a journey across the continent.
The Seven Last Words
Sunday 31 March 2019, 5.00pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
In the approach to Easter, The Bach Players perform Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words in the version for string quartet. Haydn’s composition was extraordinarily popular in his own time; following the original composition for full orchestra, he wrote the chamber version and then another for orchestra and choir.
The Seven Last Words
Saturday 30 March 2019, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s Priory, Southampton Road, London NW5 4LB
In the approach to Easter, The Bach Players perform Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words in the version for string quartet. Haydn’s composition was extraordinarily popular in his own time; following the original composition for full orchestra,
Biber: the Joyful Mysteries
Sunday 9 December 2018, 5.00pm
St Swithin’s Church, Clunbury, Shropshire SY7 0HG
In the days leading up to Christmas, Nicolette Moonen (violin) and Pawel Siwczak (organ) perform the first five of the Rosary Sonatas by H.I.F. Biber (1644–1704). In these sonatas, Biber’s highly descriptive music addresses and describes the birth of Christ and the events that surrounded it.
A musical offering
Saturday 20 October 2018, 8.15pm
Paaskerk Baarn, Oude Utrechtseweg 4a, 3743 KN Baarn, The Netherlands
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons. The concert opens with a sonata by Buxtehude,
A musical offering
Thursday 18 October 2018, 7.30pm
St John’s Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons. The concert opens with a sonata by Buxtehude,
A musical offering
Wednesday 17 October 2018, 7.30pm
Dorset County Museum Concert Society: St Mary’s Church, Edward Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2HJ
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons.
A musical offering: the art of eloquence
Sunday 14 October 2018, 3.00pm
Little Missenden Festival: Church of St John the Baptist, Little Missenden, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0RA
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that looks both back to the tradition in which he worked and forwards to the music of his sons.
A musical offering
Saturday 13 October 2018, 7.30pm
Saxon Shore Early Music: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent TN26 2NF
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that both looks back to the tradition in which he was grounded and forward to the music of his sons. The concert opens with a sonata by Buxtehude,
A musical offering: the art of eloquence
Thursday 11 October 2018, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) is a late work that looks both back to the tradition in which he worked and forwards to the music of his sons. We play this dazzling piece in the context of music by Bach’s esteemed elders: Buxtehude and Pachelbel
The music
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706): Canon in D major
Johann Pachelbel: Suite in F sharp minor
Dieterich Buxtehude (c.
Couperin: l’Art de la Danse
Sunday 2 September 2018, 3.00pm
Utrecht Early Music Festival: Hertzzaal Tivoli Vredenburg, Vredenburgkade 11, 3511 WC Utrecht
We present a variety of François Couperin’s instrumental compositions in both the Italian and French styles: formal dances and character pieces, sonatas and harpsichord solo pieces. Our dancers will dance where appropriate. This is an exploration: can music be danced to,
Italy versus France
Thursday 5 July 2018, 7.00pm
Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT
Italian or French? In the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in Europe, two national musical styles were seen as opposing and in contest, though composers increasingly brought them together. This concert brings the styles to life in works by some of the brilliant composers of the times: Corelli,
Italy versus France
Wednesday 4 July 2018, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Italian or French? In the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in Europe, two national musical styles were seen as opposing and in contest, though composers increasingly brought them together. This concert brings the styles to life in works by some of the brilliant composers of the times: Corelli,
Pour le souper du roi
Sunday 13 May 2018, 3.00pm
London Festival of Baroque Music: St Peter’s Church, Eaton Square, 119 Eaton Square, London SW1W 9AL
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV and Louis XV. The featured composers were among their favourites, allowed into the inner circle of the king and given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private chambers.
Biber: the Glorious Mysteries
Saturday 12 May 2018, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s Priory, Southampton Road, London NW5 4LB
The third of three concerts in which Nicolette Moonen (violin) and Pawel Siwczak (organ) perform all of the Rosary Sonatas by H.I.F. Biber (1644–1704) – by candle light, in the appropriate side-chapels at St Dominic’s, and in the appropriate liturgical season.
Stabat Mater
Tuesday 13 March 2018, 7.30pm
Leamington Music: St Mary’s Church, Old Square, Warwick CV34 4RA
Boccherini’s Stabat Mater is a work of compelling intensity that stands out among the many settings of this text. We are performing the original, chamber version of the piece, scored for string quintet with two cellos;
Stabat Mater
Saturday 10 March 2018, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Boccherini’s Stabat Mater is a work of compelling intensity that stands out among the many settings of this text. We are performing the original, chamber version of the piece, scored for string quintet with two cellos; interspersed will be movements from Haydn’s The Seven Last Words.
Stabat Mater
Thursday 8 March 2018, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Boccherini’s Stabat Mater is a work of compelling intensity that stands out among the many settings of this text. We are performing the original, chamber version of the piece, scored for string quintet with two cellos; interspersed will be movements from Haydn’s The Seven Last Words.
Biber: the Sorrowful Mysteries
Saturday 24 February 2018, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s Priory, Southampton Road, London NW5 4LB
The second of three concerts in which Nicolette Moonen (violin) and Pawel Siwczak (organ) perform all of the Rosary Sonatas by H.I.F. Biber (1644–1704) – by candle light, in the appropriate side-chapels at St Dominic’s, and in the appropriate liturgical season.
Biber: the Joyful Mysteries
Saturday 2 December 2017, 7.30pm
St Dominic’s Priory, Southampton Road, London NW5 4LB
The first of three concerts in which Nicolette Moonen (violin) and Pawel Siwczak (organ) perform all of the Rosary Sonatas by H.I.F. Biber (1644–1704) – by candle light, in the appropriate side-chapels at St Dominic’s, and in the appropriate liturgical season.
Sound the trumpet!
Sunday 22 October 2017, 5.00pm
Saxon Shore Early Music: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent TN26 2NF
To mark our twentieth anniversary, we return to our beginnings to present an all-Bach programme: two joyous, well-known cantatas, complemented by two celebrated instrumental works. ‘Weichet nur betrübte Schatten’ is a wedding canata for solo soprano voice;
The Food of Love
Saturday 14 October 2017, 7.45pm
Georgian Concert Society: St Andrew’s & St George’s West, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA
Shakespeare’s plays were at the heart of the Restoration theatrical repertory. Freely adapted, with lavish music and spectacular staging, a number of them remained popular even after a new Restoration repertory had developed.
Sound the trumpet!
Saturday 7 October 2017, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
To mark our twentieth anniversary, we return to our beginnings to present an all-Bach programme: two joyous, well-known cantatas, complemented by two celebrated instrumental works. ‘Weichet nur betrübte Schatten’ is a wedding canata for solo soprano voice;
Sound the trumpet!
Thursday 5 October 2017, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
To mark our twentieth anniversary, we return to our beginnings to present an all-Bach programme: two joyous, well-known cantatas, complemented by two celebrated instrumental works. ‘Weichet nur betrübte Schatten’ is a wedding canata for solo soprano voice; ‘Jauchzet Gott’ gives virtuosic parts to solo soprano and trumpet.
In the Company of Gods: music by François Couperin, Marin Marais, and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Friday 7 July 2017, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
The court of Louis XIV did indeed become a parnassus – a source for some of the greatest music and poetry of the time. In this concert we focus on private music for the King, by Marin Marais,
In the Company of Gods: music by François Couperin, Marin Marais, and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 7.00pm
Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT
The court of Louis XIV did indeed become a parnassus – a source for some of the greatest music and poetry of the time. In this concert we focus on private music for the King,
Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Sunday 14 May 2017, 6.30pm
St Michael’s Church, Cobham Close, Battersea, London SW11 6SP
A feast of Jean Philippe Rameau: his Pièces de clavecin en concerts, with some shorter works by him and his contemporaries
The music
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): Pièces de clavecin en concerts for harpsichord,
Stabat Mater
Saturday 25 March 2017, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater text, the Concerto Madrigalesco by Vivaldi and one of his Sonatas al Santo Sepolcro, and a Mystery Sonata by Biber
The music
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–36): ‘Stabat Mater’
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto Madrigalesco in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Rosary Sonata 10,
Stabat Mater
Thursday 9 March 2017, 7.30pm
Thursday 9 March, 7.30 pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater text, the Concerto Madrigalesco by Vivaldi and one of his Sonatas al Santo Sepolcro, and a Mystery Sonata by Biber
The music
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–36): ‘Stabat Mater’
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto Madrigalesco in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Rosary Sonata 10,
Pour le souper du roi
Wednesday 15 February 2017, 7.30pm
Dorset County Museum Concert Society, Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV by his favourite composers. Composers who were allowed into the inner circle of the king were given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private rooms.
Pour le souper du roi
Sunday 12 February 2017, 6.30pm
St Michael’s Church, Cobham Close, Battersea , London SW11 6SP
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV by his favourite composers. Composers who were allowed into the inner circle of the king were given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private rooms.
Christmas concert
Saturday 17 December 2016, 8.15pm
Paaskerk Baarn, Oude Utrechtseweg 4a, 3743 KN Baarn, The Netherlands
An anthology of seasonal music from Advent to Christmas, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, and from all over Europe
The music
H.I.F. von Biber (1644–1704): ‘Annunciation’ from the Mystery sonatas
Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665): Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna
Claudio Merulo (1533–1604): Toccata ottava
Giacomo Carissimi (1605–74) ‘Salve salve puellule’
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713): Concerto Grosso in G minor,
Handel’s Messiah: come & sing + concert
Saturday 3 December 2016, 7.00pm
Heath Street Choir (Joe Wagott, director)
with The Bach Players (Nicolette Moonen, leader)
Heath Street Baptist Church, 84 Heath Street, London NW3 1DN
The Bach Players join Heath Street Choir in a come & sing day, leading to a concert performance of Handel’s Messiah in the evening.
Coffee and cabbage
Sunday 9 October 2016, 5.00pm
Saxon Shore Early Music: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent TN26 2NF
Two of J.S. Bach’s loved secular cantatas – essentially small-scale operas for soprano and bass voices – are given in the context of his fifth Brandenburg Concerto and canons from the Goldberg Variations
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Brandenburg Concerto no.
Coffee and cabbage
Saturday 8 October 2016, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Two of J.S. Bach’s loved secular cantatas – essentially small-scale operas for soprano and bass voices – are given in the context of his fifth Brandenburg Concerto and canons from the Goldberg Variations
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Coffee and cabbage
Thursday 6 October 2016, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Two of J.S. Bach’s loved secular cantatas – essentially small-scale operas for soprano and bass voices – are given in the context of his fifth Brandenburg Concerto and canons from the Goldberg Variations
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
Brandenburg Concerto no.
Pour le souper du roi
Saturday 17 September 2016, 7.30pm
Totnes Early Music Society, St Mary’s Church, High Street, Totnes TQ9 5NN
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV by his favourite composers. Composers who were allowed into the inner circle of the king were given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private rooms.
The Seasons
Sunday 21 August 2016, 7.30pm
Binham Priory, Binham, Norfolk NR21 0DQ
A summer concert of music by Vivaldi, Biber, Guido, and others. This is programmatic music, expressing the themes of nature. You will hear cuckoos, nightingales, frogs, ducks, and thunder too. Although some of these composers are not well known,
Pour le souper du roi
Wednesday 20 July 2016, 7.00pm
Fenton House, Hampstead Grove, Hampstead, London, NW3 6SP
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV by his favourite composers. Composers who were allowed into the inner circle of the king were given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private rooms.
Stabat Mater
Saturday 11 June 2016, 7.30pm
Music in Lyddington: St Andrew’s, Lyddington
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater text, the Concerto Madrigalesco by Vivaldi and one of his Sonatas al Santo Sepolcro, and a Mystery Sonata by Biber
The music
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi (1710–36): ‘Stabat Mater’
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Concerto Madrigalesco in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Sonata 10,
The Food of Love
Saturday 4 June 2016, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Shakespeare’s plays were at the heart of the Restoration theatrical repertory. Freely adapted, with lavish music and spectacular staging, a number of them remained popular even after a new Restoration repertory had developed. In this programme, music by Henry Purcell is placed alongside that of his predecessors,
The Food of Love
Thursday 2 June 2016, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Shakespeare’s plays were at the heart of the Restoration theatrical repertory. Freely adapted, with lavish music and spectacular staging, a number of them remained popular even after a new Restoration repertory had developed. In this programme, music by Henry Purcell is placed alongside that of his predecessors,
Laments for Passiontide
Saturday 5 March 2016, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The lament became an established musical genre and in this concert we present examples of this expressive form over two centuries, from Italy and Austria. Perhaps the first example of the musical lament was Monteverdi’s ‘Lamento d’Arianna’: a five-part madrigal,
Laments for Passiontide
Thursday 3 March 2016, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
The lament became an established musical genre and in this concert we present examples of this expressive form over two centuries, from Italy and Austria. Perhaps the first example of the musical lament was Monteverdi’s ‘Lamento d’Arianna’: a five-part madrigal,
Bach’s library
Saturday 14 November 2015, 7.30pm
Saxon Shore Early Music: St Mary’s Church, Kenardington, Kent TN26 2NF
A selection of pieces that J.S. Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no.
Bach and before: music at St Thomas’s Leipzig
Saturday 31 October 2015, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Music by three predecessors of J.S. Bach as Kantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig – Schein, Schelle, Kuhnau – and the first cantata that Bach composed for his new job there: the magnificent ‘Die Elenden sollen essen’ (BWV 75)
When Bach was given the post of Kantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig he joined a long line of musicians in this position,
Bach and before: music at St Thomas’s Leipzig
Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Music by three predecessors of J.S. Bach as Kantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig – Schein, Schelle, Kuhnau – and the first cantata that Bach composed for his new job there: the magnificent ‘Die Elenden sollen essen’ (BWV 75)
When Bach was given the post of Kantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig he joined a long line of musicians in this position,
Pour le souper du roi
Saturday 10 October 2015, 7.30pm
Finchcocks Musical Museum, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 1HH
This programme paints a musical picture of the chamber music presented to Louis XIV by his favourite composers. Composers who were allowed into the inner circle of the king were given the title ‘musicien pour la chambre du Roy’: their tasks included providing music for the king in his private rooms.
The Seasons
Saturday 18 July 2015, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
A summer concert of music by Vivaldi, Biber, Guido, and others. This is programmatic music, expressing the themes of nature. You will hear cuckoos, nightingales, frogs, ducks, and thunder too. Although some of these composers are not well known,
The Seasons
Thursday 16 July 2015, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
A summer concert of music by Vivaldi, Biber, Guido, and others. This is programmatic music, expressing the themes of nature. You will hear cuckoos, nightingales, frogs, ducks, and thunder too. Although some of these composers are not well known,
Baroque in the summertime
Saturday 27 June 2015, 8.00pm
The Derwent Singers (Richard Roddis, conductor)
with The Bach Players (Nicolette Moonen, leader)
St Mary’s Church, Bridge Gate, Derby DE1 3AU
A concert featuring the music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries. The Missa Brevis in A major is a joyous and sparkling work,
‘A wonder has appeared in Paris’: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Sunday 17 May 2015, 3.30pm
London Festival of Baroque Music: The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
Chamber music composed by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, including solo pieces for the harpsichord played by Béatrice Martin – in the exquisite surroundings of the Wallace Collection
The music
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729):
Trio Sonata in D major
Suite in D minor (from Pièces de clavecin)
Violin Sonata in F major
Suite in A minor (from Pièces de clavecin)
Trio Sonata in C minor
The musicians
(Nicolette Moonen violin,
An Italian in Paris
Thursday 7 May 2015, 7.30pm
The Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, GU4 7RT
Works by the first composers in France to explore the Italian style, this concert features Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, celebrated in the year of her 350th anniversary. More than a mere ‘woman composer’ (though she was,
A musical offering
Tuesday 24 March 2015, 7.30pm
Leamington Music: St Mary’s Church, Warwick
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) and festive music by Buxtehude and Telemann
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707): Sonata no. 6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Paris Quartet no.
A grand tour of Europe
Saturday 21 March 2015, 7.30pm
Sevenoaks Music Club: Ship Theatre, Sevenoaks
Music by French, English, German, and Italian composers that one might have heard on an eighteenth-century ‘grand tour’
The music
Nicola Matteis (c. 1670– c. 1715): Ground after the Scotch humour
Nicola Matteis: Suite in A minor
Christopher Simpson (c.
A musical offering
Saturday 28 February 2015, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) and festive music by Buxtehude and Telemann
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707): Sonata no. 6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Paris Quartet no.
Stabat Mater
Thursday 26 February 2015, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, and the astonishing and rarely heard ‘Il pianto di Maria’ by Ferrandini, formerly attributed to Handel, together with two of Vivaldi’s Sonatas al Santo Sepolcro
The music
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–91): ‘Il pianto di Maria’ (formerly attributed to Handel)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Stabat Mater
Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro in E flat
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Madrigalesco in D minor
The musicians
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto,
A musical offering
Friday 13 February 2015, 7.30pm
Cambridge Early Music: Cambridge
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) and festive music by Buxtehude and Telemann
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707): Sonata no. 6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Paris Quartet no.
A Christmas present
Friday 12 December 2014, 7.30pm
Burgh House, New End Square, Hampstead, London NW3 1LT
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) and festive music by Buxtehude and Telemann
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707): Sonata no. 6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba,
A Christmas present
Wednesday 10 December 2014, 7.30pm
Chester Music Society, Chester
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Musical Offering (BWV 1079) and festive music by Buxtehude and Telemann
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707): Sonata no. 6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Paris Quartet no.
Sleepers awake!
Saturday 8 November 2014, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The Advent cantata ‘Wachet auf’ in the setting by J.S. Bach (BWV 140) and two versions by Dieterich Buxtehude, and chamber music by Buxtehude and Erlebach
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c.
Sleepers awake!
Thursday 6 November 2014, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
The Advent cantata ‘Wachet auf’ in the setting by J.S. Bach (BWV 140) and two versions by Dieterich Buxtehude, and chamber music by Buxtehude and Erlebach
The music
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707): Cantata ‘Wachet auf!’,
A grand tour of Europe
Friday 10 October 2014, 7.30pm
Egremont, Cumbria
Music by French, English, German, and Italian composers that one might have heard on an eighteenth-century ‘grand tour’
The music
Nicola Matteis (c. 1670– c. 1715): Ground after the Scotch humour
Nicola Matteis: Suite in A minor
Christopher Simpson (c.
Bach’s library
Sunday 5 October 2014, 3.00pm
St Jean de Braye eglise paroissiale, France
A selection of pieces that J.S. Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no. 2 in G major
Marin Marais (1656–1728): movements from his opera Alcide arranged for harpsichord
Agostino Steffani (1654–1728): La tempête
Charles Dieupart (c.1667–c.1740): Suite no.
From Venice to Hamburg
Saturday 12 July 2014, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
How the Italian improvisatory ‘stylus fantasticus’ travelled from Italy to Germany, with music by Bertali, Weckmann, Valentini, Schmelzer, Froberger, and others
The music
Giovanni Valentini (1582–1649): Sonata à 4 in G minor
Giovanni Valentini: Canzon in D minor for cornetto,
From Venice to Hamburg
Thursday 10 July 2014, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
How the Italian improvisatory ‘stylus fantasticus’ travelled from Italy to Germany, with music by Bertali, Weckmann, Valentini, Schmelzer, Froberger, and others
The music
Giovanni Valentini (1582–1649): Sonata à 4 in G minor
Giovanni Valentini: Canzon in D minor for cornetto,
Pour le coucher du roy
Friday 20 June 2014, 10.00pm
Stour Music, All Saints’ Boughton Aluph, Kent TN25 4EU
Music for the private chambers of Louis XIV by composers who were ‘Musiciens de la Chambre du Roy’ (Marais, de Visée, Rebel, Jacquet de La Guerre).
The music
Robert de Visée (1655–1732): Prélude in D minor for theorbo
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata no.
Tales of enchantment
Saturday 12 April 2014, 6.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
At our invitation, Maya Homburger and Barry Guy play and improvise on compositions by Biber, Kurtag, and by Barry Guy himself.
The music
Hymn (9th century): ‘Veni creator spiritus’
H.I.F.
Stabat Mater
Wednesday 5 March 2014, 7.00pm
London Handel Festival: St George’s Hanover Square, London W1S 1FX
The music
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–91): ‘Il pianto di Maria’ (formerly attributed to Handel)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Stabat Mater
Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro in E flat
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Madrigalesco in D minor
The musicians
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto,
Stabat Mater
Friday 28 February 2014, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
The music
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710–91): ‘Il pianto di Maria’ (formerly attributed to Handel)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): Stabat Mater
Antonio Vivaldi: Suonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro in E flat
Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro in C minor
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Madrigalesco in D minor
The musicians
(Sally Bruce-Payne alto,
Pour le souper du roi
Saturday 9 November 2013, 7.45pm
Georgian Concert Society, St Cecilia’s Hall, Cowgate, Edinburgh EH1 1NQ
Music presented to King Louis XIV by his favourite composers
The music
Robert de Visée (1655–1732): Prélude in G major
Robert de Visée: Trio
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata in D minor
Marin Marais (1656–1728): Tableau de l’opération de la taille
Louis Couperin (c.
Pour le souper du roi
Thursday 7 November 2013, 7.30pm
Handel House Museum, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Music presented to King Louis XIV by his favourite composers
The music
Robert de Visée (1655–1732): Prélude in G major
Robert de Visée: Trio
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata in D minor
Marin Marais (1656–1728): Tableau de l’opération de la taille
Louis Couperin (c.
Bach and his rivals [2]
Saturday 5 October 2013, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Cantatas composed for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, 30 January 1724, by Telemann, Graupner, and J.S. Bach, a year after they had composed their cantatas for the audition of the Kantor’s job at St Thomas’s Leipzig.
The music
Christoph Graupner (1683–1760): Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’,
Bach and his rivals [2]
Thursday 3 October 2013, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Cantatas composed for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, 30 January 1724, by Telemann, Graupner, and J.S. Bach, a year after they had composed their cantatas for the audition of the Kantor’s job at St Thomas’s Leipzig
The music
Christoph Graupner (1683–1760): Cantata ‘Gott führt die seinen wunderbar’,
Bach’s library
Wednesday 11 September 2013, 8.00pm
Timisoara, Romania
A selection of pieces that J.S. Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no. 2 in G major
Marin Marais (1656–1728): movements from his opera Alcide arranged for harpsichord
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Paris Quartet no.
An Italian in Paris
Saturday 20 July 2013, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
A rich banquet of private music, with an Italian flavour, for Louis XIV
The music
François Couperin (1668–1733): La Pucelle
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87) (attr.): Chaconne in C major
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata IV in C minor
Marin Marais (1656–1728): Prélude in E minor
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747): Violin Sonata in E minor,
An Italian in Paris
Thursday 18 July 2013, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
A rich banquet of private music, with an Italian flavour, for Louis XIV
The music
François Couperin (1668–1733): La Pucelle
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87) (attr.): Chaconne in C major
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata IV in C minor
Marin Marais (1656–1728): Prélude in E minor
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747): Violin Sonata in E minor,
Pachelbel and Bach: cantatas and canons
Saturday 13 April 2013, 7.45pm
Paaskerk Baarn, Oude Utrechtseweg 4a, Baarn, The Netherlands
Music by Johann Pachelbel and J.S. Bach
The music
— Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706):
Canon and gigue in D major
Sacred concerto ‘Mein Fleisch’
Aria Sexta in F Minor: ‘Aria Sebaldina’,
Stabat Mater
Saturday 9 March 2013, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater text, and Mystery Sonatas by Biber
The music
‘Stabat Mater’ plainchant
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi (1710–36): ‘Stabat Mater’
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Sonata 7,
Stabat Mater
Thursday 7 March 2013, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Pergolesi’s setting of the Stabat Mater text, and Mystery Sonatas by Biber
The music
‘Stabat Mater’ plainchant
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi (1710–36): ‘Stabat Mater’
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Sonata 7,
Bach and his rivals
Saturday 29 September 2012, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Audition cantatas for the post of Cantor at St Thomas’s church Leipzig, by Telemann, Graupner, and Johann Sebastian Bach
The music
Christoph Graupner (1683–1760): Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufen wir’
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Cantata ‘Wer sich rachet’,
Bach and his rivals
Thursday 27 September 2012, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
Audition cantatas for the post of Cantor at St Thomas’s church Leipzig, by Telemann, Graupner, and Johann Sebastian Bach
The music
Christoph Graupner (1683–1760): Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufen wir’
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Cantata ‘Wer sich rachet’,
Bach’s library
Saturday 30 June 2012, 3.30pm
Music in Lyddington: St Andrew’s, Lyddington
A selection of pieces that Johann Sebastian Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no. 2 in G major
Marin Marais (1656–1728): movements from his opera Alcide arranged for harpsichord
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Paris Quartet no.
Bach’s library
Friday 29 June 2012, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
A selection of pieces that Johann Sebastian Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no.
Bach’s library
Thursday 28 June 2012, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
A selection of pieces that Johann Sebastian Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no.
Bach’s library
Wednesday 27 June 2012, 7.30pm
Cambridge Early Music: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge
A selection of pieces that Johann Sebastian Bach had in his library and which provide a context for his celebrated Orchestral Suite in B minor
The music
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749): Ouverture no.
Pachelbel, Purcell, Bach: memorial concert for Gustav Leonhardt
Thursday 19 April 2012, 7.30pm
St James’s Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
A programme of music that was close to Gustav Leonhardt’s heart, with short spoken contributions from those who knew and worked with him, including Mark Deller and Nicholas Anderson
The music
Johann Pachelbel: Cantata ‘Was Gott tut,
Stabat Mater: music for Easter
Saturday 3 March 2012, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Alessandro Scarlatti’s setting of the Stabat Mater, punctuated by two of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas
The music
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725): Stabat Mater
Heinrich Biber (1644–1704): Mystery Sonatas
The musicians
(Rachel Elliott soprano,
Stabat Mater: music for Easter
Friday 2 March 2012, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
In praise of the Virgin Mary: Alessandro Scarlatti’s setting of the Stabat Mater, punctuated by two of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas
The music
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725): Stabat Mater
Heinrich Biber (1644–1704): Mystery Sonatas
The musicians
(Rachel Elliott soprano,
Pour le souper du roi
Sunday 12 February 2012, 5.30pm
The Forge, 3–7 Delancey Street, London NW1 7NL
The music
Robert de Visée (1655–1732), Prélude in D minor
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729): Sonata in D minor
Marin Marais (1656–1728): Tableau de l’opération de la taille
Robert de Visée: Prélude in G major
Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747): Sonata in E minor
Robert de Visée: Trio
Marin Marais: Sonnerie de Ste Geneviève du Mont de Paris
The musicians
(Nicolette Moonen violin,
Pachelbel and Bach: canons and cantatas [2]
Saturday 19 November 2011, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
A second selection of music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his predecessor Johann Pachelbel (following the concerts in November 2010)
The music
Johann Pachelbel:
Cantata ‘Was Gott tut,
Pachelbel and Bach: canons and cantatas [2]
Thursday 17 November 2011, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
A second selection of music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his predecessor Johann Pachelbel (following the concerts in November 2010)
The music
Johann Pachelbel:
Cantata ‘Was Gott tut,
Salve Regina
Saturday 3 September 2011, 6.00pm
Chapel of Reconciliation, Walsingham, Norfolk
The music
Salve Regina: plainchant
Johannes Ockeghem: Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber: Sonata 1 from the Mystery Sonatas
Heinrich Biber: Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber: Sonata 14 from the Mystery Sonatas
Rupert Ignaz Mayr: Sancta Maria,
La Grande France
Saturday 2 July 2011, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The French style in music at court and in the theatres in Restoration London
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87): Overture and ‘Calme tes déplaisirs’ from Cadmus et Hermione
Matthew Locke (c.
La Grande France
Friday 1 July 2011, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
The French style in music at court and in the theatres in Restoration London
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87): Overture and ‘Calme tes déplaisirs’ from Cadmus et Hermione
Matthew Locke (c.
La Grande France
Thursday 30 June 2011, 7.30pm
The Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, GU4 7RT
The French style in music at court and in the theatres in Restoration London
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87): Overture and ‘Calme tes déplaisirs’ from Cadmus et Hermione
Matthew Locke (c.
Salve Regina
Saturday 5 March 2011, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Salve Regina: plainchant
Johannes Ockeghem: Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber: Sonata 1 from the Mystery Sonatas
Heinrich Biber: Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber: Sonata 14 from the Mystery Sonatas
Rupert Ignaz Mayr: Sancta Maria,
Salve Regina
Friday 4 March 2011, 7.30pm
The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN
The music
Salve Regina: plainchant
Johannes Ockeghem: Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber: Sonata 1 from the Mystery Sonatas
Heinrich Biber: Salve Regina
Heinrich Biber: Sonata 14 from the Mystery Sonatas
Rupert Ignaz Mayr: Sancta Maria,
Italy versus France
Wednesday 23 February 2011, 7.30pm
Brighton College, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 0AL
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean-Féry Rebel: Tombeau de M.
Canons and cantatas: Pachelbel and Bach
Tuesday 22 February 2011, 12.00am
Leamington Music, St Mary’s Church, Warwick
The music
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his predecessor Johann Pachelbel
The musicians
Sally Bruce-Payne alto, Nicolette Moonen & Rachel Isserlis violin,
Italy versus France
Saturday 19 February 2011, 7.45pm
Georgian Concert Society, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean-Féry Rebel: Tombeau de M.
Canons and cantatas: Pachelbel and Bach
Saturday 6 November 2010, 8.15pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Johann Pachelbel:
Canon and gigue in D major
Partie in F sharp minor
Cantata, ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’,
Canons and cantatas: Pachelbel and Bach
Thursday 4 November 2010, 7.30pm
The King of Hearts: United Reformed Church, Princes Street, Norwich NR3 1AZ
The music
Johann Pachelbel:
Canon and gigue in D major
Partie in F sharp minor
Cantata, ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’,
Italy versus France
Saturday 17 July 2010, 8.10pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean Fery Rebel: Tombeau de M.
Italy versus France
Friday 16 July 2010, 7.30pm
The King of Hearts: The Octagon Chapel, Norwich
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M.
Italy versus France
Thursday 15 July 2010, 7.30pm
York Early Music Festival: St Michael le Belfrey Church, High Petergate, York
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M.
Italy versus France
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 7.30pm
Hatchlands Park, Guildford
Lully, Corelli, Muffat, and the styles reunited
The music
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Ouverture and chaconne from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean Henry d’Anglebert: Tombeau de M. de Chambonnières
Jean Fery Rebel: Tombeau de M.
The Seven Last Words
Saturday 10 April 2010, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, with readings from poetry and prose
The musicians
Rodolfo Richter &
The Seven Last Words
Friday 9 April 2010, 7.30pm
The King of Hearts, Norwich
The music
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, with readings from poetry and prose
The musicians
Rodolfo Richter & Rachel Isserlis violin,
Nun komm! Music for Advent and beyond
Saturday 28 November 2009, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Nun komm der heiden Heiland’, BWV 61
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Ouverture VI
Heinrich Isaac: ‘Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen’
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘In allen meinen Taten’,
Nun komm! Music for Advent and beyond
Friday 27 November 2009, 7.30pm
The King of Hearts at the Octagon Chapel, Norwich
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Nun komm der heiden Heiland’, BWV 61
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Ouverture VI
Heinrich Isaac: ‘Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen’
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘In allen meinen Taten’,
Rendezvous in Vienna
Saturday 19 September 2009, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio sonata for two violins and basso continuo
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in A major, op. 20 no. 6
Joseph Haydn: Folk songs
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello sonata
Antonio Vivaldi: Cantata ‘Cessate,
Rendezvous in Vienna
Friday 18 September 2009, 7.30pm
King of Hearts, Norwich
The music
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio sonata for two violins and basso continuo
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in A major, op. 20 no. 6
Joseph Haydn: Folk songs
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello sonata
Antonio Vivaldi: Cantata ‘Cessate,
Rendezvous in Vienna
Wednesday 16 September 2009, 7.30pm
East Cork Early Music Festival: CIT, Cork School of Music
The music
Arcangelo Corelli: Trio sonata for two violins and basso continuo
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in A major, op. 20 no. 6
Joseph Haydn: Folk songs
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello sonata
Antonio Vivaldi: Cantata ‘Cessate,
Bach arranging and arranged
Saturday 23 May 2009, 7.30pm
Beverley Early Music Festival: Beverley Minster, Beverley, East Yorkshire
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Unico Willem van Wassenaer: Concerto grosso no.1 in G major
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Violin concerto in B flat major
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano,
In with the new
Saturday 31 January 2009, 7.30pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Johann Christian Bach: Quintet
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio sonata in A minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Canons and ricercar from the Musical Offering
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in G major,
In with the new
Thursday 29 January 2009, 7.30pm
King of Hearts, Norwich
The music
Johann Christian Bach: Quintet
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio sonata in A minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Canons and ricercar from the Musical Offering
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in G major,
Every one a chaconne
Monday 24 November 2008, 8.00pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich’, BWV 150
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach: Instrumental suite
Henry Purcell: Trio Sonata in G minor / Dido’s lament / Chacony in G minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Jesu,
Haydn and Boccherini: folk tunes
Monday 30 June 2008, 8.00pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3
The music
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Balleto à 4 ‘Fechtschule’ in G major
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, op. 54, no. 2
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: 2 Sonatas from ‘Fidicinium sacro-profanum’
Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in C major,
Haydn and Boccherini: folk tunes
Saturday 28 June 2008, 7.30pm
Hatchlands Park, Guildford
The music
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Balleto à 4 ‘Fechtschule’ in G major
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, op. 54, no. 2
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: 2 Sonatas from ‘Fidicinium sacro-profanum’
Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in C major,
Haydn and Boccherini: folk tunes
Sunday 22 June 2008, 3.00pm
Stour Music, All Saints’, Boughton Aluph
The music
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Balleto à 4 ‘Fechtschule’ in G major
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, op. 54, no. 2
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: 2 Sonatas from ‘Fidicinium sacro-profanum’
Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet in C major,
Bach arranging and arranged
Sunday 18 May 2008, 3.00pm
Holy Trinity Church, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano,
Warwick Bach Weekend: Bach / Rosenmüller
Saturday 17 May 2008, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church Warwick
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Komm, du süsse Todesstunde’, BWV 161
Johann Rosenmüller: ‘O dives omnium’ / Sonata à 4 in C major / ‘Lieber, lieber Herre Gott’
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue II,
Warwick Bach Weekend: Solo Bach
Saturday 17 May 2008, 12.00am
Unitarian Chapel, High Street, Warwick
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata 3 in C major for violin solo, BWV 1005
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite 2 in D minor for cello solo, BWV 1008
The musicians
Rodolfo Richter violin,
The Seven Last Words
Sunday 30 March 2008, 4.00pm
Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
The music
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op. 51 (for string quartet)
The musicians
Rodolfo Richter & Huw Daniel violin,
The Seven Last Words
Friday 28 March 2008, 8.00pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op. 51 (for string quartet)
The musicians
Rodolfo Richter &
The Seven Last Words
Thursday 27 March 2008, 7.30pm
King of Hearts, Norwich
The music
Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op. 51 (for string quartet)
The musicians
Rodolfo Richter & Huw Daniel violin,
Bach in autumn
Friday 23 November 2007, 8.00pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Komm, du süsse Todesstunde’, BWV 161
Johann Rosenmüller: ‘O dives omnium’ / Sonata à 4 in C major / ‘Lieber, lieber Herre Gott’
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue II,
Bach arranging and arranged
Thursday 20 September 2007, 8.00pm
St John’s Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 1NU
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Five fugues from the Well-tempered Clavier; arranged for string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn: String quartet in F minor, op.20, no.5
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater in F minor for soprano,
Mozart with a dash of Bach
Wednesday 27 September 2006, 8.00pm
St George’s, Hanover Square, London W1
In memory of Katherine McGillivray (1970–2006)
The music
Wolgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K 546
Wolgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in B flat major,
Music for Advent and Christmas
Saturday 11 December 2004, 7.30pm
St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria ‘Willkommen, werther Schatz’ from cantata BWV 36
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata ‘O di Betlemme,
Music for Advent and Christmas
Friday 10 December 2004, 7.30pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria ‘Willkommen, werther Schatz’ from cantata BWV 36
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata ‘O di Betlemme,
Music for Advent and Christmas
Tuesday 7 December 2004, 7.30pm
St Mary’s, Warwick
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria ‘Willkommen, werther Schatz’ from cantata BWV 36
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata ‘O di Betlemme,
Foreign invasions
Thursday 30 September 2004, 7.30pm
Hatchlands Park, Guildford
The music
Georg Friedrich Handel: Sonata in G minor
James Oswald: The Poppy
Nicola Matteis: Suite in A minor
Turlough O’Carolan: Sheebeg and Sheemore
James Oswald: Serenata
Nicola Matteis: Ground after the Scotch Humour
Francesco Geminiani: Lady Ann Bothwets Lament and Sleepy Body
Georg Friedrich Handel: Allemande in F major
Francesco Geminiani: Sonata opus 5,
J.S. Bach: Art of Fugue
Sunday 26 September 2004, 7.30pm
Warwick Early Music Showcase
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Art of Fugue’, BWV 1080 (selections)
The musicians
Nicolette Moonen & Rodolfo Richter violin, Katherine McGillivray viola, Alison McGillivray cello
Cantatas for Lent and Easter
Friday 5 March 2004, 7.30pm
St James’s Piccadilly, London
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’, BWV 54
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’, BWV 182
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Art of Fugue’, BWV 1080,
Cantatas for Lent and Easter
Wednesday 3 March 2004, 7.30pm
Barber Institute, Birmingham
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’, BWV 54
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Himmelskönig, sei willkommen’, BWV 182
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Art of Fugue’, BWV 1080,
Music for Advent and Christmas
Wednesday 3 December 2003, 7.30pm
Musicon 2003/2004: Elvet Methodist Church, Durham
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria ‘Willkommen, werther Schatz’ from cantata BWV 36
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata ‘O di Betlemme,
Music for Advent and Christmas
Monday 1 December 2003, 7.30pm
University Chapel, Keele
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria ‘Willkommen, werther Schatz’ from cantata BWV 36
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata ‘O di Betlemme,
Foreign invasions
Wednesday 27 August 2003, 7.30pm
Dartington Summer School, Dartington
The music
Georg Friedrich Handel: Sonata in G minor
James Oswald: The Poppy
Nicola Matteis: Suite in A minor
Turlough O’Carolan: Sheebeg and Sheemore
James Oswald: Serenata
Nicola Matteis: Ground after the Scotch Humour
Francesco Geminiani: Lady Ann Bothwets Lament and Sleepy Body
Georg Friedrich Handel: Allemande in F major
Francesco Geminiani: Sonata opus 5,
Foreign invasions
Saturday 7 June 2003, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Warwick
The music
Georg Friedrich Handel: Sonata in G minor
James Oswald: The Poppy
Nicola Matteis: Suite in A minor
Turlough O’Carolan: Sheebeg and Sheemore
James Oswald: Serenata
Nicola Matteis: Ground after the Scotch Humour
Francesco Geminiani: Lady Ann Bothwets Lament and Sleepy Body
Georg Friedrich Handel: Allemande in F major
Francesco Geminiani: Sonata opus 5,
J.S. Bach: instrumental works
Tuesday 12 November 2002, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Warwick
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in B minor for flute and strings, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Art of Fugue’, BWV 1080, contrapuncti 1–4
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Trio sonata no.
J.S. Bach: instrumental works
Saturday 16 December 2000, 7.30pm
The Georgian Concert Society: St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Art of Fugue’ (selections), BWV 1080
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no.5 in C minor for solo cello,
J.S. Bach: cantatas for alto
Saturday 29 July 2000, 7.30pm
Tudeley Festival: St Nicholas’s Church, Sevenoaks
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouverture in D major, BWV 1069
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’, BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’,
J.S. Bach: the Musical Offering
Friday 28 July 2000, 7.30pm
Cambridge Summer Music Festival: The Catholic Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio sonata in G, BWV 1038
Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian concerto, BWV 971
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Musical Offering’,
J.S. Bach: secular cantatas
Saturday 15 July 2000, 7.30pm
Bridge House Theatre, Warwick School, Warwick
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouverture (suite) in B minor, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet’ (‘Peasant cantata’), BWV 212
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.
J.S. Bach: the Musical Offering
Saturday 15 July 2000, 3.00pm
St Mary’s Church, Warwick
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio sonata in G, BWV 1038
Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian concerto, BWV 971
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Musical Offering’, BWV 1079
The musicians
Marion Moonen flute,
J.S. Bach: cantatas for alto
Saturday 17 June 2000, 7.30pm
Stour Music: Boughton Aluph Church
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouverture in D major, BWV 1069
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’, BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’,
J.S. Bach: cantatas for alto
Thursday 18 May 2000, 7.30pm
Tilford Bach Society: All Saints’ Church, Tilford
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouverture in D major, BWV 1069
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust’, BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’,
J.S. Bach: cantatas and B minor suite for flute
Friday 18 February 2000, 7.30pm
Tudeley Festival: St Nicholas’s Church, Sevenoaks
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in B minor for flute and strings, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht’ (‘Coffee cantata’), BWV 211
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufe ich,
J.S. Bach: cantatas and B minor suite for flute
Wednesday 16 February 2000, 7.30pm
The Barber Institute, Birmingham
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in B minor for flute and strings, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht’ (‘Coffee cantata’), BWV 211
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Aus der Tiefen rufe ich,
J.S. Bach: Advent cantatas
Sunday 28 November 1999, 5.00pm
St John’s Wood Parish Church, London NW8
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 61
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn’, BWV 132
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Nun komm,
J.S. Bach: St John Passion
Saturday 3 July 1999, 7.45pm
Berliner Bachtage: Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, Berlin
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245
The musicians
Mark Padmore Evangelist, Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane & Susan Hamilton soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne &
Dido and Aeneas
Saturday 29 May 1999, 7.30pm
The King of Hearts: St George’s Church, Norwich
The music
Henry Purcell: ‘Dido and Aeneas’
The musicians
Robert Hollingworth conductor, educational project with local students and: Mhairi Lawson Dido, Roderick Williams Aeneas,
J.S. Bach: instrumental works
Thursday 27 May 1999, 7.30pm
The King of Hearts: St George’s Church, Norwich
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in B minor for flute and strings, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘The Art of Fugue’, BWV 1080 (selections)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.
Messiah
Saturday 12 December 1998, 7.30pm
Chapel of St Augustine, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge
The music
George Frideric Handel: ‘Messiah’
The musicians
The Bach Payers with I Fagiolini & The Interplanetary Choir, in a performance conducted by Robert Hollingworth
J.S. Bach: cantatas for alto
Sunday 8 November 1998, 5.00pm
St John’s Wood Parish Church, London NW8
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Gott soll allein’, BWV 169
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Geist und Seele’, BWV 35
The musicians
Sally Bruce-Payne alto,
J.S. Bach: cantatas for soprano
Friday 31 July 1998, 7.30pm
Queen’s College Chapel, Cambridge
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke’, BWV 84
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.5 in D major,
J.S. Bach: cantatas for soprano and bass
Sunday 10 May 1998, 5.00pm
St John’s Wood Parish Church, London NW8
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid’, BWV 58
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ich will den Kreuzstab’, BWV 56
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in F for harpsichord,
J.S. Bach: cantatas for soprano and bass
Saturday 9 May 1998, 7.30pm
Oxford University Church, Oxford
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid’, BWV 58
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ich will den Kreuzstab’, BWV 56
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in F for harpsichord,
J.S. Bach: St John Passion
Sunday 1 March 1998, 5.00pm
St John’s Wood Parish Church, London NW8
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245
The musicians
Mark Padmore Evangelist, Rachel Elliott & Carys Lane soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne &
J.S. Bach: St John Passion
Saturday 28 February 1998, 7.30pm
Oxford University Church, Oxford
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245
The musicians
Mark Padmore Evangelist, Rachel Elliott & Carys Lane soprano, Sally Bruce-Payne & Charles Humphries alto,
J.S. Bach: cantatas, orchestral suite, Brandenburg concerto
Tuesday 25 November 1997, 7.30pm
Dutch Embassy, London
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke’, BWV 84
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.5 in D major,
J.S. Bach: cantatas, orchestral suite, Brandenburg concerto
Sunday 23 November 1997, 5.00pm
St John’s Wood Parish Church, London NW8
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke’, BWV 84
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.5 in D major,
J.S. Bach: cantatas, orchestral suite, Brandenburg concerto
Saturday 22 November 1997, 7.30pm
Oxford University Church, Oxford
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke’, BWV 84
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.5 in D major,
J.S. Bach: cantatas and concertos
Sunday 25 May 1997, 5.00pm
St John’s Wood Parish Church, London NW8
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’, BWV 54
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Schlage doch,
J.S. Bach: cantatas and concertos
Friday 23 May 1997, 7.30pm
Oxford University Church, Oxford
The music
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Widerstehe doch der Sünde’, BWV 54
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata ‘Schlage doch,