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September

Thu 21 Sep Hall One 8pm

Rachel Podger

Tutta Sola

Master Series | Rachel Podger: Artist in Focus 23/24

Vilsmayr Partita No. 6 in A major from Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera (1715)

Nogueira and Klagenfurt manuscripts A Suite of short movements

JS Bach arr. Chad Kelly Toccata and Fugue BWV 565 arr. for solo violin in A minor

Chad Kelly Phantasia for solo violin Westhoff Suite for solo violin without basso continuo (appeared in Le Mercure galant, January 1683)

JS Bach Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006

Rachel Podger violin

This intricate, intimate voyage of discovery presents the exciting new arrangement of Bach’s Toccata & Fugue by Chad Kelly and includes preludes, dances and fugal movements from European composers all living at the dawn of the 18th century. Rachel’s philosophy is that ‘just about everything starts with Bach’ and the recital culminates in his dazzling Partita No. 3 in E major.

£19.50-£49.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Fri 22 Sep Hall One | 7.30pm

Aurora Orchestra

Anno with Anna Meredith

Sound Unwrapped

Nico Muhly All perfections keep (UK premiere)

Caroline Shaw Concerto for harpsichord and strings (UK premiere)

JS Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

Anna Meredith Anno

Kit Armstrong harpsichord

Matthew Gee trombone

Alexandra Wood violin / director

Anna Meredith electronics

Resident Ensemble Aurora

Orchestra combines ancient and modern sound worlds through the work of three contemporary composers who are fascinated with the music of the past. It presents a new work by Caroline Shaw for strings and harpsichord; the

UK premiere of Nico Muhly’s All perfections keep, a set of variations for solo trombone and string quartet of the 16th-century lute song saw my lady weep by John Dowland; and Anna Meredith’s Anno which reimagines Vivaldi’s much-loved The Four Seasons into something at once familiar and wholly new. In association with d&b Audiotechnik.

£19.50-£69.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Fri 29 & Sat 30 Sep

Hall One | 7.30pm

Monteverdi 1610 Vespers

I Fagiolini

Sound Unwrapped Monteverdi 1610 Vespers

I Fagiolini

English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

Robert Hollingworth conductor

For the first time in Hall One, a performance of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, using both stage and galleries. Much of the glory of the Vespers’ psalm settings is in their detail, too often lost in the vast acoustics of many venues. Monteverdi even suggests the smaller ‘chapels or chambers of princes’ for the book’s motets. Experimenting with Hall One’s acoustic coustic clarity and close balconies, and basing their performance on the latest research,

I Fagiolini and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble offer an intimate guide to this defining work.

Caroline

Shaw | 22 Sep

£24.50-£69.50 with Under 30s and Concessions Tickets

Fresh from winning

the 2023 BBC Music Magazine

Recording of the Year and Instrumental Awards, internationally acclaimed violinist Rachel Podger will become our new Artist in Focus for the 2023/24 season. A leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical music, Rachel will perform three concerts as part of her residency, exploring well-known masterpieces, rarities and new arrangements of some of JS Bach’s best-loved music.