Concert Diary
SUMMARY OF SOLO HARPSICHORD RECITALS
THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Bridget Cunningham
TUESDAY 14TH. FEBRUARY AT 6.30 P.M.
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Robert Woolley
Saturday 18 February at 3.00 pm
St Bene't's Church, Benet Street Cambridge
David Wright
SATURDAY, 18 FEBRUARY, 2012 7.30 PM
Nadder Hall, Tisbury SP3 6HJ
TREVOR PINNOCK
SUNDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY 2012, 15:00
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton SO17 1BJ
TREVOR PINNOCK
THURSDAY 8-MAR-12 19:30
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham University, Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham NG7 2RD
Mahan Esfahani
SATURDAY 10 MARCH AT 2-4PM.
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Pawel Siwczak
TUESDAY 10TH. APRIL at 6.30 p.m.
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Tom Foster
TUESDAY 13 MARCH, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Terence Charlston
TUESDAY 3-APR-12 19:00
Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square London WC1N 1AZ
Carole Cerasi
THURSDAY 12 APRIL, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Nathaniel Mander
THU 19 APR 2012 1PM
St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, off Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR
Masumi Yamamoto
TUESDAY 24-APR-12 19:00
Cardiff University Concert Hall CF10 3EB
David Ponsford, Harpsichord
MAIN DIARY LISTING
February 2012
THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
Royal College of Music, London SW7
Variable Geometry: A Tribute to John Cage
Jane Chapman, Natsumi Ikenaga, Valarie Liow , James Perkins, Aidan Phillips, Sophia Russell, Mark Viner
Programme - to include HPSCHD for 7 harpsichords, 51 computer - generated tapes and film
Tickets -£5, £8 phone 020 7591 4314
www.rcm.ac.uk/boxoffice
THURSDAY 2 FEBRUARY, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
J.S. Bach and Anna Magdalena
Nikolay Ginov (cello) and Asako Ogawa (harpsichord) perform music related to J.S. Bach's beloved second wife Anna Magdalena.
Music will include J.S. Bach’s Cello suite in G major No.1, his French suite in E major No. 6 as well as short pieces from Anna Magdalena's notebook.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Heartfelt Handel
Bridget Cunningham
A programme of stunning keyboard music by Handel to include music from the suites and operatic arrangements to pull at the heart strings. Bridget will perform on 18th century spinet that is currently on loan at the Handel House Museum and the Ruckers double manual harpsichord.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
TUESDAY 14TH. FEBRUARY AT 6.30 P.M.
BHS BRITISH HARPSICHORD SOCIETY RECITAL
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Made on purpose for the Organ or Harpsichord'
Robert Woolley
Handel, Roseingrave, Nares, Walond, Goodwin, Greene
Tickets: £9 / £5 Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
You are invited to join us for refreshments at a local hostelry after the recital. Everyone is most welcome!
TUESDAY 14-FEB-12 19:30
Collegiate Church of St Mary's, Warwick, Warwick CV34 4RA
A concert of music by Handel for St Valentine's Day
" Katherine Manley and Christopher Ainslie>"
The Cantata Il Duello Amoroso and arias and duets from his operas, including Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare, Amadigi di Gaula, Theodora and Rinaldo.
Tickets £16.50 and £14.00 reserved and 11.50 unreserved. Student Standby £1 half an hour before the performance. Schoolchildren £1,
http://www.bachtrack.com/btkbooknow/clickthrough/26607
THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
When Loves Soft Passion
Oonagh Lee (recorders and oboe), Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord), Ibi Aziz (viola da gamba) and Kate Browton (soprano)
A musical exploration of the themes of love, desire and the pain of unrequited passion. This concert will feature 18th century works by some of the great composers of the day.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
Saturday 18 February at 3.00 pm
St Bene't's Church, Benet Street Cambridge
J S Bach - The Goldberg Variations
David Wright, harpsichord
Enquiries e-mail or phone 07956 033 603 Tickets £12 from www.ceciliamusic/concerts or on the door
http://www.ceciliamusic/concerts
SATURDAY, 18 FEBRUARY, 2012 7.30 PM
Nadder Hall, Tisbury SP3 6HJ
Tisbury Music Café - solo harpsichord recital
TREVOR PINNOCK
Differencias sobre el canto del Caballero (Oras de música para tecla, arpa e vihuela 1578) Cabezon; French Suite #5 in G Bach; Suite in D minor (unauthorised publication Suites des pièces pour le clavecin 1733) Handel; Balletti 1 & 2 (Toccate e Partite d'involatura di cembalo et organo 1627) Frescobaldi;The Bells Byrd
Ticket Prices: £25 Available From: Cherubim Music Trust Telephone: 01747 870070
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SUNDAY 19TH FEBRUARY, 2.30PM
Jubilee Hall, Wakefield Girls' High School, Margaret Street, Wakefield
"The Stylus Fantasticus" Angels, Demons & Virtuosos
Fantasticus - Rie Kimura - Baroque violin; Robert Smith - Viola da gamba, baroque violoncello; Pieter-Jan Belder - Harpsichord
Music by Buxtehude, Marais, Forrquerey and Rameau.
Tickets: Adults £10 Concessions £8 Students £3 School children- free. Tel: 01924 279187
http://www.fantasticus.nl/
SUNDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY 2012, 15:00
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton SO17 1BJ
'Journeys through music'
TREVOR PINNOCK
Differencias sobre el canto del Caballero (Oras de música para tecla, arpa e vihuela 1578) Cabezon; French Suite #5 in G Bach; Suite in D minor (unauthorised publication Suites des pièces pour le clavecin 1733) Handel; Balletti 1 & 2 (Toccate e Partite d'involatura di cembalo et organo 1627) Frescobaldi;The Bells Byrd
Tickets £20, concessions £19, Friends £18, students £10 Ticket price includes tea and cake
http://www.turnersims.co.uk/upcoming-events/2012/spring-2012-promoted-events/february/trevor-pinnock
March 2012
Thursday 1 March, 6.30-7.30pm
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Handel Recorder Sonatas
Continuum: Elizabeth Walker (recorder), Michael Overbury (harpsichord) and Christopher Poffley (cello).
Handel’s intimate sonatas represent some of the most expressive and creative music written for the recorder. Vocal in their quality, much of the material is reminiscent of the operas he was writing at the time.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
THURSDAY 8 MARCH, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
The Magic Number: Tres, Trois, drei…
Lauren Brant, David Beaney (recorders) and Claire Williams (harpsichord)
Join the three musicians from Flautotonic for an exploration and celebration of the number three from dances in triple time to J.S. Bach and his obsession with this number, as well as some Flautotonic surprises.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
THURSDAY 8-MAR-12 19:30
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham University, Djanogly Recital Hall, Nottingham NG7 2RD
Mahan Esfahani
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) ; Works by Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757); Couperin, Louis (1626-1661), Pièces de clavecin in D minor
£15.00- £12.00 concessions
http://ticketing.lakesidearts.org.uk/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=107091
SATURDAY 10 MARCH AT 2-4PM.
BHS BRITISH HARPSICHORD SOCIETY WEEKEND EVENT
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Pawel Siwczak leads an afternoon’s exploration into the music of Johann Jakob Froberger.
Pawel Siwczak
Works by Froberger.
Tickets: £9 / £5 students Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
SATURDAY 10TH MARCH 2012 7.30pm
RIPLEY ARTS CENTRE 24 SUNDRIDGE AVENUE BROMLEY KENT BR1 2PX
Gilbert Rowland - Harpsichord; Raymond Burley – Guitar
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DUO CONCERTANTE .......................... STEPHEN DODGSON
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767), Ouverture composé par Mr Melante in E flat major, TWV55
Bach Partita No 1 in B flat BWV 825
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757), Sonatas
PRELUDE & SONATA ............................ PONCE
CONCERTO BAROCCO ........................... MARK HOUGHTON
SUITE IN G MIN HMV 439 ........................ HANDEL
SONATAS K221 & K222 .......................... SCARLATTI>"
TICKETS £10 Concessions £8 Available from:- Ripley Arts Centre Box Office 020 8464 5816 and Gilbert Rowland 020 8690 3002
SUNDAY 11TH MARCH 2012 7.30 P.M.
Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax, West Yorks., HX1 1QG
ALAN CUCKSTON Harpsichord with The Orchestra of Square Chapel
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings - Dick Blackford (First Performance), Symphony in D - J.C.Bach , Symphony no.7 - Beethoven
Booking 01422-349422
TUESDAY 13 MARCH, 6.30-7.30PM
BHS BRITISH HARPSICHORD SOCIETY RECITAL In partnership with the British Clavichord Society
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Terence Charlston performs a programme of English clavichord and harpsichord music in the 17th century music.
Terence Charlston
With music by Blow, Byrd, Bryne, Draghi and Purcell.
Tickets: £9 / £5 Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
You are invited to join us for refreshments at a local hostelry after the recital. Everyone is most welcome!
THURSDAY 15 MARCH, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Fête Galante is a new duo: first programme
Sarah Gabriel (soprano) and Nathaniel Mander (harpsichord)
Rarely-heard celebrations of love by French composers Rameau, Duphly and Foucquet, some neglected English airs and a few of Handel’s most romantic arias from Rodelinda, Orlando and Rinaldo.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
FRIDAY 16-MAR-12 19:00
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff CF10 5AL
Sacher Perspectives
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Conductor Thierry Fischer Harp Catrin Finch Oboe Lucas Macias Navarro Piano Louis Schwizgebel Harpsichord Mahan Esfahani
MARTIN Petite symphonie concertante; LUTOSŁAWSKI Double Concerto; STRAVINSKY Concerto in D, Basle; HONEGGER Symphony No 4, Deliciae basiliensis
Tickets £7/£9, BBC National Orchestra of Wales Audience Line: 0800 052 1812, Wales Millennium Centre Box Office: 029 2063 6464
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music
FRIDAY 16 MARCH 2012, 7.30PM
Sittingbourne Community College Swanstree Av Sittingbourne ME10 4NL
"THE BACH PROJECT"
CHRIS GRIST (Cello) and DAVID WRIGHT (Harpsichord)
Bach’s great keyboard masterpiece the Goldberg Variations, plus superb music for cello and harpsichord by Bach and Telemann.
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SUNDAY 18TH MARCH 2012
The Hawth, Crawley Borough Council, Hawth Avenue, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6YZ
Recorders Piers Adams; Harpsichord David Wright
Corelli, Handel and Piazzolla.
Tickets £14 Tel. 01293 553636 (Mon - Sat 10am - 6pm)
https://tickets.hawth.co.uk/
Tuesday 20-Mar-12 13:00
St George's, Hanover Square, London, London W1A 6WN
Sorrowful Mysteries
Sarah Deborah Struntz, Violin; Erik Dippenaar, Harpsichord; Jadran Duncumb, Theorbo
This programme is focused around the Five Sorrowful Mysteries from Biber's Rosary Sonatas, interspersed with liturgical keyboard works and improvisations. Join the performers in this musical meditation on events which are at the heart of Christian faith – the final hours of Jesus’ earthly life and his way to the cross.
Tickets £8 for unreserved seating, students free.
http://www.london-handel-festival.com/
April 2012
TUESDAY 3-APR-12 19:00
Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square London WC1N 1AZ
Around Handel
Carole Cerasi, Harpsichord
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Buxtehude, Dieterich (1637-1707), Ciaccona in E minor, BuxWV 160
Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm (1663-1712), Suite in B minor
Roseingrave, Thomas (1690-1766), Introduction in G minor
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757), Keyboard Sonata in G major, K13
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757), Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K30
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), Gavotte et Doubles in A minor
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Suite (Sarabande completed by Robert Levin) K. 399
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Kleine Gigue in G for Keyboard, K574>"
Tickets £20, reserved seating.
http://www.london-handel-festival.com/
TUESDAY 10TH. APRIL at 6.30 p.m.
BHS BRITISH HARPSICHORD SOCIETY RECITAL
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
‘Delight & Desire'.
Tom Foster
Randall, Farnaby, Tisdall, Tomkins, Gibbons.
Tickets: £9 / £5 Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
You are invited to join us for refreshments at a local hostelry after the recital. Everyone is most welcome!
THURSDAY 12 APRIL, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
As a new partner in the Broadwood Harpsichord Competition, Handel House Museum presents the 2011 winner Nathaniel Mander. Nathaniel will perform a selection of his favourite works for harpsichord including music by Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach and Mozart.
Broadwood Harpsichord Competition 2011 winner Nathaniel Mander
Music by Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach and Mozart.
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
THU 19 APR 2012 1PM
St George’s Bristol, Great George Street, off Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5RR
Composers of the German Baroque, J.J. Froberger and J.S. Bach. Yamamoto draws rewarding comparison between the two composers soundworlds, presenting their Toccatas, Partitas and Capriccios side by side
Masumi Yamamoto (harpsichord)
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Froberger Capriccio in F FbWV 504
Bach Capriccio in B flat BWV 992
Froberger Partita in G minor FbWV 609
Bach Toccata in E minor BWV 914>"
£7; £4 Under-18s and students; free for jobseekers / Senior Citizen's Flexi Series Ticket available / All seats unreserved. Tel: 0845 40 24 001
http://www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk/events/masumi-yamamoto-harpsichord/
THURSDAY 19 APRIL, 6.30-7.30PM
Handel House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB
Music for the Buskin'd Stage
Baroque Encounter -Glenn Kesby (counter tenor), Lauren Brant (recorder) and Claire Williams (harpsichord).
Music by Purcell, Locke, Eccles and Handel and includes settings of the words of Shakespeare
Tickets £9, £5 students Handel House booking line on 020 7399 1953
Information: http://www.handelhouse.org Tel: 0207 399 1953
TUESDAY 24-APR-12 19:00
Cardiff University Concert Hall CF10 3EB
David Ponsford plays Baroque
David Ponsford, Harpsichord
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Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759), Suite de pièce in G minor, Vol 1 no. 7, HWV 432
Couperin, François (1668-1733), Pièces de clavecin, (Bk II) Ordre no. 8: Passacaille in B minor>"
£5, £2.50
http://www.ents24.com/web/venue/Cardiff/Cardiff-University-Concert-Hall-48455.html
