Day Twelve - Tuesday May 20

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Fontanella

Listen to a sample of Fontanella and their track Heigh Ho Holiday

Featuring five of the country's most talented and respected recorder players, Fontanella uses a huge range of instruments from the tiny Garklein down to the huge seven foot contra bass. This concert will explore the golden age of English consort music from the Tudor times, including works by Dowland and Byrd and complemented by music from modern day composers inspired by early English masters.

Supported by the Unitarian Trustees

Richard Rodney Bennett and Claire Martin

Claire Martin

Listen to a sample of the Richard Rodney Bennett and Claire Martin's When Lights Are Low from their album When Lights Are Low

Pure unadulterated musical pleasure is on the cards as these two world-class performers sing material from their critically acclaimed CD 'When Lights Are Low' including stylish reworkings of much-loved jazz standards as well as contemporary classics from icons such as Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello.

Claire Martin has recently been hailed as "the best British jazz singer for a generation" by Mojo Magazine while Richard Rodney Bennett, who is equally renowned in the worlds of jazz, film and classical music, ranks among the very best of the singer pianists performing today.

"World class" – The Times

"A simply grand way to spend an evening…one of London's most finely-attuned partnerships" – Evening Standard

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European Union Chamber Orchestra

Members of the European Union Chamber Orchestra







Drawing on young talented musicians at the start of their professional careers from all over Europe, concerts by the European Union Chamber Orchestra are consistently brilliant. They will be joined for this concert by the cellist Natalie Clein, a winner of Young Musician of the Year who is rapidly gaining an international reputation as an artist of exceptional musicality and integrity.

Natalie Clein - Cello
Conductor - Mark Gothoni

Mozart - Divertimento K.136
Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op.11
Haydn - Cello Concerto No.1 in C
James McMillan - Kiss on Wood (arr Ingvar Karkof)
Grieg - Holberg Suite

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