Recent ensemble projects, concerts and tours:
‘Silver Cities, From Zacateca to Potosi’ – exploring 16th – 18th century music from Spain and South America.
‘An Enlightened Heart’ – bringing to light music by female composers of the late Baroque and early Classical periods – songs and sonatas by Elisabetta Gamberini (1731-65), Anna Amalia von Preussen (1723-87), Anna Bon (1730-67) and Marie Antoinette (1755-1793).
‘Angell’s Musick in Mortall’s dresse’ – celebrating the 350th anniversary of Oxford-based composer John Wilson and his close associates; Hume, Lanier, Jenkins and the Lawes brothers.
‘The Renaissance Grand Tour’ – a UK and Germany tour in collaboration with Standish Consort, featuring polychoral music from the New World and Europe in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
‘Renaissance in Europe’ – exploring the musical and cultural exchanges between four important cultural centres in Renaissance Europe – England, Spain, Germany and Italy, interspersing sacred and secular music.
‘Venetian Splendour’ – in collaboration with the Paragon Singers, featuring works by Willaert, Gabrieli, and Monteverdi, alongside compositions by composers from across Europe, who were inspired by the ‘cori spezzati’ tradition that originated in 16th century Venice.
‘Della Tempesta’ – concept programme with an enchanted Isle theme: summer tempests, nature and birdsong, with immersive visuals.
‘Voce Uguali/Equal Voices’ – exploring chamber music for recorder, bassoon and harpsichord which utilise both treble and bass instruments equally: music by Stradella, Platti, Vivaldi, Telemann and Fasch.
‘Bach, Buxtehude and Beyond’ – celebrating two of Germany’s most prevalent Baroque composers and their contemporaries.
Kate Allsop 