Ensemble Molière
Flavia Hirte flute, Alice Earle violin, Catriona McDermid bassoon
Kate Conway viola da gamba, Satoko Doi-Luck harpsichord
The King’s Playlist
Charpentier Ouverture from ‘Les Arts Florissants’
Lully Premier et Deuxièmes Air from ‘Phaéton’
Couperin Deuxième Concert from ‘Concerts Royaux’
Charpentier Le Mariage Force
Delalande Première Suite from ‘Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy’
Anon Ballet Royal de la Nuit
Marais Suite en Sol Mineur from ‘Trios pour le coucher du Roy’
The first ever Radio 3 New Generation Baroque Ensemble finishes the season in the Court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, with a soundtrack of music written and dedicated to every moment of the King’s Day.
£27 | £17 | £12
(£1 children / students)
Valencia Baryton Trio
Matthew Baker baryton | Estevan de Almeida Reis viola | Benjamin Birtle cello
Haydn & Friends
Haydn Baryton Trio No 67 in G
Lidl Divertimento No 4 in C
Tomasini Baryton Trio in C K19
Haydn Baryton Trio No 113 in D
Lidl Divertimento No 6 in G
Haydn Baryton Trio No 58 in D
A rare opportunity to hear and see a baryton, an extraordinary string instrument that was favoured and played by Prince Nicholas at the Court in Esterhazy. Haydn composed some 80 string quartets, 104 symphonies, but in a golden decade (1765-75), he wrote nearly 200 works featuring the baryton, including 123 Trios. Luigi Tomasini, born in Pesaro, was leader of the orchestra at Esterhazy and the Austrian virtuoso gamba player Andreas Lidl eventually moved to London where he died in 1789. The Valencia Trio regularly tours North and South America and in Europe and in June 2023 gave two concerts in the English Haydn Festival in Bridgnorth.
£27 | £17 | £12
(£1 children / students)
Stile Antico
Dante: A Divine Hope
Dante Alighieri’s Comedia (Divine Comedy) is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Its enduring imagery has shaped our western culture’s views and understanding of the afterlife for more than 700 years. With this programme, Stile Antico descends with Il Divino into Hell, journeys together through Purgatory, and finally arrives at the gates of Heaven. Renaissance madrigals and sacred music by composers such as Victoria, Palestrina, and Morales illustrate the way, and texts by Dante himself, set to music by Lazzaschi and Merulo, also narrate the story. At the pinnacle of Heaven we meet the Virgin Mary in Giovanni Gabrieli’s glorious 12-part Magnificat.
£29 | £19 | £14
(£1 children / students)
Joglaresa
Katharine Hawnt voice, Victoria Couper voice & harp, May Robertson fidel
Jordan Murray percussion & dulcimer, Jonny Akerman percussion
Sing we Yule
Celebrate Yule effervescently with Joglaresa – and chase out the chill from the Celtic fringes of Europe – with traditional carols and wassails from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. With fidel, harp, bells and voices, Joglaresa ring in Christmas and New Year in this joyful programme of carols, lullabies, dance tunes and wassails. Joglaresa’s cleverly imaginative programming transcends the limits of what is often thought of as early music, and the ensemble has made many visits over the years since its formation in 1992.
Concert generously supported by Michael & Pat Bird
£27 | £17 | £12
(£1 children / students)
includes mulled wine and mince pies
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
with the Chelys Consort of Viols
Ibi Aziz | Jenny Bullock | Kate Conway | Alison Kinder | Sam Stadlen
The Honour of William Byrd
If musical output gives us an indication of the person within, then who is this man who is both devoutly Catholic yet clearly a favourite of the Protestant Queen who made his faith illegal? A character capable of both weighty contemplation and sharp wit, and the loyal friend who wrote so personally and touchingly of the loss of his teacher and friend Thomas Tallis. This programme explores the proud Englishman, devoted friend, loyal subject, and faithful servant who was William Byrd.
Concert generously supported by Diane Holt
£27 | £17 | £12
(£1 children / students)
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore director | Martha McLorinan mezzo-soprano | James Robinson tenor
Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil (‘Vespers’)
Audience favourites Ex Cathedra and Jeffrey Skidmore return to St Marys with Rachmaninoff’s most-loved choral work to round off a season celebrating the composer’s 150th year. Powerful, passionate, hypnotic – in a time of turmoil and amid the shock of war, Rachmaninoff turned to the choral heritage he held dear, and created one of the most awe-inspiring vocal masterpieces. With its luminous choral tapestry, mesmeric melodies and some of the lowest notes you’ll ever hear sung, there is little wonder it is beloved by audiences and singers alike.
Concert generously supported by Helen & Stan Ireland
£29 | £19 | £14
(£1 children / students)
Ex Cathedra
directed by Jeffrey Skidmore
with Andrew Skidmore cello
Baroque Passion
Music by Bach, Purcell, Lotti, Domenico Scarlatti, Kuhnau, Monteverdi, Carissimi, and Charpentier.
Ex Cathedra returns with a programme of sublime music telling of the sacrifice, heartbreak and healing of the Easter story – heartrending as Mary weeps at the foot of the cross to Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater but concludes with optimism in Bach’s glorious motet Komm, Jesu, komm.
“…a heady mix of gloriously rich polyphony” – BBC Music Magazine
£26 | £18 | £12
(£1 children / students)
The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park director
Guy James countertenor
Joseph Wicks and Josh Cooter tenor
Michael Craddock baritone, Sam Mitchell bass
Josquin’s Legacy – The Court at Ferrara
Song of Songs | Lamentations and Deplorations
Music by Josquin de Prez, Brumel, Compère, Divitis, Festa, de Févin, L’Héritier, Mouton, and de la Rue.
The Gesualdo Six scored an immediate hit with the Warwick audience and, now back for the fourth time, will transport us to a famed renaissance court in northern Italy, through which Josquin and other Franco-Flemish composers passed.
“Ingeniously programmed and impeccably delivered ” – Gramophone
£26 | £18 | £12
(£1 children / students)
Please note that while the church tower undergoes restoration, the main doors are blocked off; entrance for the concert is via the South Door which is on Church Street.
We have received notification from the church that the heating is currently not working; the necessary part is on order but may not arrive in time for our concert, so please be advised to wrap up warm for the evening!!
Tabea Debus recorder
with The Cedar Consort
Benedict Williams harpsichord and direction
Anna Curzon & Rachel Stroud violins
Elitsa Bogdanova viola
George Ross cello
Rosie Moon double bass
Telemann’s Subscribers
Telemann Concerto in F TWV51:E1
Blavet Sonata seconda from Troisième livre des sonates
Bach Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068
Telemann Ouverture-Suite in A minor TWV55:a2
Handel Violin Sonata in D minor HWV359a
Bach Concerto after BWV35 & BWV156
The rising German recorder star, selected by the Young Concert Artists Trust joins The Cedar Consort to play works that Telemann had printed in a subscription deal that he launched in 1721.
“A charismatic virtuoso” – The Times
£26 | £18 | £12
(£1 children / students)
The Cedar Consort is hugely grateful to the Continuo Foundation for their support of this tour
The City Musick
directed by William Lyons
with George Bartle, Gawain Glenton, Sarah Humphrys, Tom Lees
Nicholas Perry and Richard Thomas
Heigh Ho Holiday:
Christmas Revels in seventeenth-century London
The City Musick – an ensemble of seven versatile musicians – performs festive dances and carols sung and played on the joyous sound of shawms, cornetts, sackbuts, dulcians, regals, recorders and bagpipes. A delightful programme presenting a perfect evocation of Christmas as celebrated four hundred years ago.
“Vitality, resonance, and immediacy” – The Telegraph
£26 | £18 | £12 includes mulled wine and mince pies
(£1 children / students)