What's On
Trevor Pinnock & Friends
Tickets: £10.21 - £29.62
- Trevor Pinnock conductor and harpsichord*
- Lucy Crowe soprano
- Beatrix Huelsemann* violin 1
- Jane Gordon violin 2
- Christian Goosses viola
- Richard Lester cello
- James Munro violone
- Katy Bircher* flute
- Purcell Airs and Dances from The Fairy Queen:
- Symphony when the swans come forward
- Air: 'If love's a sweet passion'
- Hornpipe
- Air: 'When I have oft' heard young maids complaining'
- Dance for the Fairies
- The Plaint
- Dance of the Followers of the Night
- Chaconne: Dance for the Chinese man and woman
- Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5, BWV 1050: Allegro, Affettuoso, Allegro
- Bach Orchestral Suite No.2, BWV 1067 for flute and strings:
- Ouverture, Rondeau, Sarabande, Bouree I/II, Polonaise - Double, Menuet, Badinerie
- Handel Arias:
- "Endless Pleasure" from 'Semele'
- "O Sleep" from 'Semele'
- "Tornami" from 'Alcina'
Trevor Pinnock is known worldwide as a harpsichordist and conductor who pioneered performance on historical instruments with his own orchestra, The English Concert, which he founded in 1972 and led for the next thirty years. In 2006 he recorded all of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and was awarded a 2008 Gramophone prize.
‘Baroque music unfolded all its magic, its sensuality, its intellectual and architectural form... Pinnock totally lives in his music and communicates an infectious delight in playing.’ Basellandschaftliche Zeitung
Born in Staffordshire Lucy Crowe is rapidly establishing herself as one of the leading lyric sopranos of her generation. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2002 she received the Royal Overseas Gold Medal and in 2005 won second prize in Kathleen Ferrier Awards.
*Soloists in Brandenburg Concerto No.5
Part of the International Concert Series
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