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Tickets available from: Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St. Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2DL t: 01780 763203 Open: Mon - Sat 9.30am - 8.00pm Guildhall Arts Centre, St. Peter’s Hill, Grantham, Lincs, NG31 6PZ t: 01476 406158 Open: Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm & Sat 9.30pm - 2.00pm
Music in Quiet Places
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DON’T MISS..... As part of the Gravity Fields Festival 2016
Red Priest Viva Baroque! St Wulframs Church, Grantham Thursday 22 September 7.30pm Piers Adams recorders Adam Summerhayes violin Angela East cello David Wright harpsichord From its origins as a young cutting-edge baroque band in the 1990s Red Priest has become established as an essential part of todays musical landscape, wowing audiences in all corners of the globe with its inventive, high-spirited, rule-breaking approach to music of the 17th and 18th centuries. This is a concert of music from Newton’s time, expect music by Vivaldi, Bach and Handel as well as a few unsung baroque heroes, inan evening of baroque brilliance with a modern twist.
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Five concerts for summer evenings in South-West Lincolnshire
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Irnham | Deeping St. James South Witham | Aslackby | Claypole JUNE – JULY 2016 Music in Quiet Places is promoted by Cultural Services, Venues and Facilities, South Kesteven District Council
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Welcome to the 2016 series of
Music in Quiet Places! Our concerts this year have a distinctive English flavour, as befits the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. K’antu takes us to the court as well as to the rough and tumble of the playhouses of the era with a selection of songs and dances. The Ebor Singers turn to the sacred music of the period and the Melrose Quartet of four outstanding folk musicians takes a broader look at what makes English music so distinctive. We open with the violin duo Retorica whose programme features a well-known English character. Also in more classical mode, harp and flute duo Aquilae presents an attractive mixed programme of favourites for their instruments. As always, we are grateful to the incumbents, churchwardens and congregations of the host churches, without whose support these concerts could not take place. Refreshments will be available during concert intervals. These are provided by the churches, and the income goes to church funds. Seating in all churches is unreserved. It can also be hard so you may wish to bring a cushion or a rug with you. Car parking may be a short distance from the church. Please allow adequate time for parking, and be considerate to local residents. If you need any information about facilities or access, please contact the Box Office at Stamford Arts Centre (01780 763203).
Music in Quiet Places is promoted by Cultural Services, South Kesteven District Council.
Retorica
K’antu
Aquilae Duo
Melrose Quartet
The Ebor Singers
Thursday 2 June 7.30pm
Thursday 14 July 7.30pm
Thursday 28 July 7.30pm
St James’s Church, Aslackby NG34 0HG
St Peter’s Church, Claypole NG23 5AD
Jess Arrowsmith fiddles Nancy Kerr fiddles Richard Arrowsmith melodeons James Fagan bouzouka
Paul Gameson director
Thursday 16 June 7.30pm
Thursday 30 June 7.30pm
St Andrew’s Church, Irnham NG33 4JB
Priory Church, Deeping St James PE6 8NP
St John the Baptist’s Church, South Witham NG33 5PL
Harriet Mackenzie violins Philippa Mo violins
Ruth Hopkins baroque violin, recorders Sarah Langdon recorders, crumhorn Ben Mitchell baroque guitar Andrew Hopper viola da gamba, recorders Tymoteusz Jozwiak percussion
Eleanor Turner harp Lisa Nelsen flute
Biber Passacaglia for solo violin J.S Bach arr. Retorica Inventions Telemann Intrada-Suite: Gulliver’s Travels Leclair Sonata for two violins Handel/Halvorsen Passacaglia Retorica brings together two exceptionally talented players to explore the richly expressive repertoire for violin duo. Their programme explores music by star Baroque composers and includes the entertaining Gulliver Suite, a set of virtuosic dances following the journey of Swift’s hero. A recent major restoration enhanced the beauty of the Norman church of St Andrew’s. The font and the Easter sepulchre, both dating from the 14th century, are amongst the many outstanding features in the church. Both the sepulchre and a nearby brass commemorate members of the Luttrell family who owned the village and the hall, and commissioned the celebrated Luttrell Psalter.
Come, now a Roundel and a Fairy Song Songs and dances evoke the colourful spirit of the Elizabethan and Jacobean court and playhouse in this Shakespeare-themed programme. K’antu combines colourful and energetic elements of folk and world music with historically-informed techniques. The group has performed at festivals around the UK and tours Hungary and Romania this year. The magnificent church of St James is the nave of a Benedictine priory, founded in 1139, with a tower and spire added in the early 18th century. Large Decorated windows light the nave, described by Pevsner as ‘astonishing’. Relics from the original foundation include a large font, graceful arcading and two round-headed windows in the chancel.
Enchanted Wood Includes music by JS Bach, Debussy, Alwyn, Ravi Shankar, Glazunov This atmospheric programme is inspired by the natural wood timbres of the flute and harp, in their most primitive form, and the music created during the impressionist and expressionist periods. Stamfordbased Eleanor Turner and Canadian flautist Lisa Nelsen bring an infectious mutual enthusiasm to this repertoire. Both are soloists and recitalists with international careers; Lisa is proud to represent Yamaha flutes and Eleanor is a Salvi Harps artist. The double bellcote of St John’s is an unusual feature in Lincolnshire. It, like the arches in the nave, show the 12th century transition from Norman to the Early English style. Notable features include a doorway with human and animal heads, the sealed entrance to the rood screen and memorials from the 16th and 17th centuries
The Melrose Quartet takes a bold approach to old and new English songs and tunes, with powerful treatment of traditional material alongside some of the best modern song-writing in the genre. Comprising leading musicians in the folk world, the quartet was nominated for Best Group in the 2014 BBC Folk Awards; Nancy Kerr was voted Singer of the Year in the 2015 Awards. Aslackby was an important preceptory of the Knights Templar with a castle and its own church. St James’s dates from the late 13th to mid-15th century, although recent excavations revealed an earlier structure on the same site. Remarkably unaltered, the nave retains its mediaeval roof and the tower has distinctive ‘blind’ arches on the exterior.
Wilbye Draw on sweet night Tallis Te lucis ante terminum Byrd Nunc Dimittis Tallis In manus tuas, O nata lux Ward Come sable night Blitheman In pace Matthew Harris Shakespeare Songs John Rutter It was a lover and his lass The Ebor Singers explore ‘night music’ from the evening service of Compline to the golden period of Tudor polyphony with settings by Matthew Harris and John Rutter to mark this year’s Shakespeare anniversary. Renowned for their sparkling performances and recordings, the group is the north’s most exciting vocal ensemble. One of the county’s most magnificent churches, the soaring spire of St Peter’s caps a remarkable late 14th century building, in its turn constructed on an ancient site. The carved capitals of the nave arcade and the soaring clerestory are particularly impressive.