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Orchestra Of The Swan return with live concerts at three Warwickshire venues Armscote Manor, Sat 3 October; Stratford Playhouse, Tues 6 October; Number 8, Pershore, Thurs 5 November; Stratford Playhouse, Tues 17 November & Tues 1 December
As well as being much admired for their performances of works by legendary composers, the Stratford-based Orchestra of the Swan are also held in high regard for their championing of new music, having presented more than 70 world premieres. This autumn sees them making a welcome return after the Covid-19 lockdown, presenting performances at three Warwickshire venues. Their opening concert at Armscote Manor - Equinox: A Celebration Of The Seasons - has already sold out at the time of going to print. It’s followed three days later by The Living Orchestra: New Beginnings. The ‘concert of celebration and thanksgiving’ is the first of three
performances by the orchestra at Stratford Playhouse. The second is Doubles - an exploration of duets through the double concertos of JS Bach and Astor Piazzolla. The final Playhouse concert, Company, is described by the orchestra as ‘an adventure of musical delights, with the fascinating Joseph Bologne, the minimalist Michael Nyman, the influential Philip Glass and finishing with the greatest composer of all time: Mozart’. The orchestra also visit Pershore in early November, to present Petite Symphonie - ‘two elegant, delicate and sweet little works in one evening’.
Leamington Music makes its Dream Factory debut
Armonico Consort perform Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
The Dream Factory, Warwick, Tues 13 October
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, Thurs 29 October; Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire, Sat 31 October
Leamington Music debuts at The Dream Factory in Warwick this autumn, presenting a series of concerts featuring a wide range of music... Although the Fitzwilliam String Quartet season opener is sold out, there’s plenty more to enjoy in the forthcoming weeks, with Joglaresa going medieval in Boogie Knights, Kosmos hitting the Balkans and Mediterranean, and the Mellstock Band moving to Hardy’s time with The Shepherd’s Calendar.
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Founded by organist and conductor Christopher Monks in 2001, Armonico are one of the largest organisations of their kind in the UK. Using authentic period instruments, the baroque consort regularly perform with some of the best solo musicians in the world. These latest concerts see them getting their teeth into The Four Seasons, one of classical music’s most famous works. Comprising four separate violin concertos based around poems about spring, summer, autumn and winter, Vivaldi’s vibrant and virtuosic composition is widely considered to be one of the most exciting pieces of music to see and hear live.
