MUSIC FOR AWHILE | CANDLELIT CONCERT
Monday 12 December | 7:45pm
Doors & bar 6:45pm | Concert 7:45pm, ends 9:00pm, no interval
Tickets £22 / £11 (under 25) Music for Awhile | Candlelit Concert (staplefordgranary.org.uk) and Box Office 01223 849004
Judy Louie Brown, mezzo soprano | Malachy Frame, baritone | David Blackadder, trumpet | Margaret Faultless, violin / director | Rachel Stroud, violin | Anna Curzon, violin & viola | Andrew Skidmore, cello
Henry Purcell – Sonata for Trumpet & Strings in D major
Henry Purcell – 3 Parts Upon a Ground
Johann Sebastian Bach – from Christmas Oratorio:
Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben
Erleucht’ auch meine finstre Sinnen
Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh
Grosser Herr
George Frideric Handel – from The Messiah:
Overture
Thus saith the Lord
But who may abide
O thou that tellest good tidings
For Behold, Darkness shall cover the earth
The People who walked in darkness
He was despised
Behold, I tell you a mystery
The Trumpet shall sound
Artistic Director of Music for Awhile, violinist Margaret Faultless is a leader of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and for ten years was the leader of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. She is Director of Performance at the Faculty of Music in Cambridge and Head of Historical Performance at The Royal Academy of Music. She and Simon Whistler co-founded Music for Awhile in 1996 as a collective of Europe’s most established early music performers, inspiring audiences with repertoire from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries using the instruments of the time. They are renowned for their adventurous programming, with a special flair for tailoring adaptations of large-scale works for intimate venues.
Tonight’s concert is one such programme. It opens with two pieces by Purcell – a pioneering early concert work for trumpet and a thrilling set of variations – and features arias from Bach’s much-loved exploration of the Christmas story. A generous selection of pieces from Handel’s perennial favourite The Messiah brings this glorious programme of festive music to a close.
Facilities
- Bar
- Car Parking
- Disabled Accessibility
- On site parking
- WI-FI
Accessibility Facilities
- Wheel chair accessible