A concert exploring the theme of love through Renaissance and Baroque song, including works by Strozzi, Monteverdi, Charpentier and Handel.

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Italo Calvino's book 'The Invisible Cities' is a captivating journey through a surreal realm of cities, both real and symbolic, as seen through the eyes of Marco Polo. Our programme weaves together music from Calvino’s home country of Italy with music of distant traditions and times.

Conductor Scott Inglis-Kidger uniquely combines Platinum Consort’s top class professional consort singers and choristers, recreating the sound-world of the first performances in Dublin and London.

Largely made up of solo recitative and choral writing, Christus, der ist mein Leben features only one aria, which contains striking and characterful use of pizzicato strings. The urgency and drama of Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? reflects the story of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee; Bach responds to this with some remarkably colourful solo movements. A much more sure-footed mood is set by the opening chorus of Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz. The obbligato horn writing converses with choral passages, welcoming God’s examination of their faith.

JS Bach
Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95
Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, BWV 81
Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136

A lunchtime recital exploring music by Di Rore, dalla Casa, Forqueray, Hume, and Simpson, original compositions, and arrangements of songs by the Killers, Randy Newman, as well as traditional Armenian folk songs.

This concert is free to attend. For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit the Royal Academy of Music’s website here.

Characteristic woodwind sonorities of the Baroque link the three cantatas performed in this concert. The sound of wind and brass dominates the opening chorus of Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, where the singers are unusually shadowed by trombones. Herr, wie du willt, so schick’s mit mir exhibits a scaled-down version of this sonority, featuring a horn and a pair of oboes. Two oboes d’amore characterise Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz. These instruments produce a particularly plangent and poignant tone, eminently suitable for the lamenting opening movement. This concert includes students from The Juilliard School.

John Butt director

JS Bach

Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25
Herr, wie du willt, so schick’s mit mir, BWV 73
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138

Intesa is joined by the wonderful Maggie Faultless for a special concert in Chirton.

We’ll be exploring the rich, intimate and vocal sound-world of two bass viols and violin. Music by Bach, Couperin, Marais & original works and new arrangements on the theme of lullabies and night music.

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A programme weaving together music from baroque composers such as Couperin with folk music and up to the present day with arrangements of songs by the Beatles and Randy Newman, plus much more!

Tickets £18, includes free glass of wine.

More information and tickets here (also available on the door subject to availability).

A solo concert featuring a range of works for solo viola da gamba.

Bach Trio Sonata in G at Wigmore Hall.

Join us for an evening of Bach and Beethoven, played on historical instruments by students of the Royal Academy of Music.

Program:
Bach: Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038

Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat major, op. 3

Join us for an evening of Bach and Beethoven, played on historical instruments by students of the Royal Academy of Music.

Program:

Bach: Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 1038

Beethoven: String Trio in E-flat major, op. 3