The inaugural Early Music Series showcased a series of solo recitals and ensembles from across the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
A Handel on Jazz Trio (9th May, 2pm)
Tom Ridout - Recorder
Billy Marrows - Guitar
Flo Moore - Double Bass
The Handel on Jazz Trio is a recorder-led chamber jazz ensemble, formed for the 2018 Lancaster Jazz Festival Youth Commission, which Tom won with his plan to rework the Handel Recorder Sonata in F Major for improvising jazz musicians. The trio has performed around the country including at the Lancaster Jazz Festival, Uckfield Festival and the SRP (Society of Recorder Players) Fringe Festival.
As well as playing reworked Handel, the trio also offers a unique intimate look at some of Tom's own compositions, as well as jazz standards and other well-known music, with a focus on group interplay and improvisation.
Programme:
Prelude - Ridout
Sonata in F Major for Recorder and Basso Continuo, HWV 369
Movements transcribed, reworked, or arranged for Jazz Trio by Ridout
In Perpetuity - Ridout
Odyssey - Ridout
Bellot Ensemble, Monteverdi's Venetian Legacy (16th May, 2pm)
Edmund Taylor, Violin
Chris McClain, Violin
Pablo Tejedor-Gutierrez, Cello
Danny Murphy, Theorbo
Matthew Brown, Harpsichord
Programme:
Claudio Monteverdi
Settimo libro de' madrigali Sinfonia & Balletto
Biagio Marini
Sonata sopra 'La Monica' Improvised Canario
Tarquinio Merula
Op. 12 No. 22 Ballo detto Eccardo
Francesco Cavalli
La Calisto Sinfonia
Barbara Strozzi
'Che si può fare'
Giovanni Legrenzi
'Lumi, potete piangere'
Marco Uccellini
'La Bergamasca'
Claudio Monteverdi
'Zefiro torna'
Antonio Vivaldi
Op. 1 No. 12 'La follia'
The Portrait Players, Les Femmes Illustres (23rd May, 2pm)
Described as “beguiling”, The Portrait Players formed at the end of 2022 for a concert of Handel’s Cantatas and German Arias. Featuring Claire Ward (soprano), Kristiina Watt (theorbo/lute) and Miriam Nohl (cello/viola da gamba), the trio brings 17th and 18th century repertoire to modern audiences with engaging programmes, informed by historical characters.
Programme:
HONORÉ D'AMBRUIS
(1660-1702)
Le doux silence de nos bois
SÉBASTIEN LE CAMUS
(1610-1677)
Délices des étés
MICHEL LAMBERT
(1610-1696)
Laissez-moi soupirer
HENRY PURCELL
(1659-1695)
O let me weep
From rosy bowers
Katarzyna Kowalik, French Collection (30th May, 2pm)
Katarzyna Kowalik is a Polish/British, London-based harpsichordist performing actively as a soloist and with many period ensembles in the UK and across Europe.
Programme
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
(1683-1764)
Premier Livre Pièces de Clavecin
