Lewes Baroquefest 2021
Below are all the wonderful concerts and musicians who appeared in the Lewes BaroqueFest in 2021. We were delighted to be back after a 2 year hiatus due to the pandemic.
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"Bach: Master of the Minor Key" | Alison Bury and Maggie Cole
Wednesday 21st July | 19:00 | St Michael's Church |
Alison Bury and Maggie Cole return to the Lewes Baroquefest with a programme of sonatas for violin and harpsichord by JS Bach, as well as his great Partita in C minor for solo harpsichord.
Alison Bury - violin
Maggie Cole - harpsichord
"Purcell - anthems and songs" | The Baroque Collective Singers
Wednesday 20th July | 21:00 | St Michael's Church | Tickets £15
The Baroque Collective Singers make a welcome return to this year's festival with a programme of Purcell to include anthems Hear My Prayer, I Was Glad and My Heart is Inditing and the Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary. Soprano Alexandra Kidgell (The Sixteen) will sing a lively selection of Purcell’s songs.
John Hancorn - Conductor
Alexandra Kidgell - Soprano
Nicholas Houghton - Chamber organ
"A Grand Baroque Tour" - Purcell's Muse | Ana Maria Rincon, Julia Bishop, Howard Beach with guest Piers Adams
Friday 23rd July | 18:30 | St Michael's Church | Tickets £12
The 'Grand Tour' was a feature of the 17th and 18th centuries in which young aristocrats would travel through Europe further educating and familiarising themselves with all of the art forms. Come on an imaginary musical tour around Italy, Germany and England with opera arias and other vocal and instrumental works by Handel, Purcell, Vivaldi and Corelli for soprano, violin, harpsichord, and 'bird-like' interventions from the recorder!
Ana Maria Rincon - Soprano
Julia Bishop - Violin
Howard Beach - Harpsichord
Piers Adams - Recorder
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"Pot-pourri de flutes" | Lisa Beznosiuk & Neil McLaren flutes, Catherine Rimer cello
Friday 23rd July | 20:30 | St Michael's Church | Tickets £12
Three members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play Haydn's charming 'London' Trios alongside a selection of Mozart opera arias and a trio by friend, colleague and fellow freemason Franz Anton Hoffmeister. The flute was arguably the most popular choice of instrument amongst amateur musicians during the 18th and 19th centuries, hence the large number of collections and arrangements of favourite opera excerpts for two flutes. 19th century flute virtuoso Franz Doppler arranged several opera scenes for performance as Pot-pourris with his flautist brother Karl, whose lefthanded technique mirrored Franz's righthanded stance to great visual effect. (Tonight's flautists will perform in the more conventional playing positions!)
Lisa Beznosiuk - Flute
Neil McLaren - Flute
Catherine Rimer - Cello
"Bright Apollo's Lute" | Paula Chateauneuf - lute and theorbo
Saturday 24th July | 11:00 | St Michael's Church | Tickets £12
A celebration of the rich and colourful Elizabethan and Jacobean repertoire for lute with dances, ballad tunes, and a ‘fancy’ alongside music for the era’s newly-fashioned, ‘lusty’ theorbo, invented for an innovative, flamboyant style of music-making which took Europe by storm. This concert features leading musical personalities of the 17th century: John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Batchelar, Alessandro Piccinini, Kapsberger, and de Visée.
Paula Chateauneuf - Lute and Theorbo
"Handel: Dixit Dominus" | Baroque Collective Singers and Piers Adams recorder
Saturday 24th July | 18:00 & 20:30 | St Michael's Church | Tickets £20
A thrilling programme of Baroque music featuring Piers Adams performing Telemann’s virtuosic Recorder Concerto in G major and Handel’s energetic and brilliant ‘Dixit Dominus’ with the Baroque Collective, Baroque Collective Singers and a quartet of professional soloists.’
Baroque Collective Singers
John Hancorn - director
Piers Adams - recorder
Alexandra Kidgell, soprano
Imogen Moore, soprano
Rebecca Leggett, mezzo soprano
Andrew Wicks, tenor
Andrew Robinson, baritone
The Baroque Collective led by Alison Bury
Programme:
Telemann: Recorder Concerto in G major
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Tickets for 18:00 event:
Tickets for 20:30 event:
