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DeNOTE’s musical approach returns to the roots of eighteenth-century performance style, exploring the soundworld of period instruments and integrating the latest scholarly research with a passion for live musical communication. Core programming focuses on classical era chamber music clarinet, violin, viola, cello, fortepiano, from which quintets, quartets and trios form our staple repertoire. DeNOTE’s performances bring novel perspectives combining the soundworld of period instruments with a bold expressive approach that goes beyond the notated texts into the world of creative improvisation.
Baroque vocal and inst ens.
Glasgow Road, Waterfoot, Eaglesham, Glasgow, G76 0EQ
Ensemble Meridiana is one of Europe's finest Baroque chmbr ens. They are the winners of three major international competitions (Telemann Competition Magdeburg 2007, York Competition 2009 and Handel Competition Gottingen 2011). Ensemble Meridiana has performed in prestigious international festivals and on radio throughout Europe. Their CD "Tastes of Europe" was released by Linn Records to critical acclaim. The possibilities of ob, rcdr, violin, va da g, bsn and hpd offer a wide variety of instrumental combinations.
Founded in 2000 by organist and director Frederic Desenclos, The Ensemble Pierre Robert is made up of three male voices (Marcel Beekman: counter-tenor, Robert Gechell: tenor and Robbert Muuse: bar). They concentrate on french motets of the Renaissance and Baroque.
Rue Bodenbroek, 8 B-1000 Bruxelles, Brussel
A leading UK choir & Early Music ensemble, Ex Cathedra performs music from the Renaissance to the 21st century and commissions new music. It is well-known for its performances of French & Latin American Baroque music. It promotes its own season of concerts in Birmingham, the Midlands and in London and has appeared at major festivals and concert series as far afield as New York and Tel Aviv. A vocal Consort (10 singers) to chamber choir (c.35 singers), with its own Baroque Orchestra. Its education programmes reach tens of thousands of children in schools and hospitals each year.
CBSO Centre, Berkley Street, Birmingham, B1 2LF
Performs renaissance and baroque music in small to large venues, often with audience interaction. Creative programming ranges from solo recitals to musical dramas with up to 7 artists, inc 3 singers (soprano, bar and tenor) and 4 musicians, playing insts such as baroque guit, theorbo, viole de gambe and vn.
Association Ison, c/o A.Ramarozaka, 28 rue de la Mailleraye, 76600 Le HAVRE, France
Finery & Filth is a 1-hour 1-man comedy show. Set in London of 1695 this lively show focuses on Henry Purcell and his drinking pals. The audience is musically swept into the Catch Club, enjoying its drunken characters, participating in ballads and sensing the smoke-filled and dark rooms at The Old Bell.
‘An evening of filth at its finest.’ Leicester Mercury.
Perfect for festivals (early music, comedy, folk), after-dinner, folk clubs and private parties. Sample CD available on request.
Performed for The Lute Society, Bath Festival, Off The Tracks Festival and numerous locations nationwide.
Period inst duo named after William Flackton, credited with writing the first English va sonatas. Baroque to 21st C music. Recitals in UK and Australia.
145 Coppermill Lane, London, E17 7HD
Trio of rcdr, hpd and va da g with a passion for folk-influenced baroque music from the British Isles and music from Handel's London.
Skipton, BD23 1HW
Baroque and classical chmbr and orch music on period insts. Ens in Association, RCM.
21 Village Rd, London, N3 1TL, United Kingdom
Rcdr quintet. Renaissance music programmes, also family friendly programmes featuring medieval to contemporary works. Tours to Finland and Italy. Several specialist children's programmes inc The Elizabeth Project.
Viol ens. 500 years of music for viols, from 1501 to 2011. US, Europe, Japan, Australia, Russia. M/classes, w/shops.
Dairy Cottage, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, GL54 3DW
Chmbr music and larger scale orch and choral works from the baroque and classical periods on historical insts. Emphasis on the works of JS Bach and well-researched programmes inc rarely heard works. Festivals, touring. W/shops for children; lectures/demos/concerts for schools and universities.
10 Rochester Place, Charlbury, Oxford, OX7 3SF
Lute song trio, programmes of renaissance music.
62 Constable Rd, Ipswich, IP4 2UZ
Specialist medieval music ensemble performing music from the medieval courts of Europe, with particular attention to Scottish, Spanish, French and Italian sources. Aims to present music in a medieval context, including performing with period instruments and dress in suitable venues, often in semi-staged format.
Also a 15th C music & dance group, with programmes of music and dance from Italy, Burgundy and Britain.
1F2, 25 Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AF
Late 18th and early 19th C chmbr music for fl and strs on period insts.
43 Churchill Ave, Harrow, HA3 0QX
Renaissance and baroque music from Byrd to Handel. Sara Stowe, sop, perc; Ibi Aziz, va da g; Wendy Hancock, artistic dir, baroque fl, rcdr, viol; Richard MacKenzie, lute, baroque gui, theorbo
47 Church Street, Bramcote Village, Nottingham, NG9 3HD, United Kingdom
