Glorious concerts for spring evenings await us as part of the new MIQP season. More concerts will follow in the autumn, so watch out for news.
Friday 8th May, 7.30pm The Flautadors St. Mary & All Saints Church, Fotheringhay
The dramatic life of Mary Queen of Scots is illustrated in music and words demonstrating the important connection between France and Scotland in the 16th century. Exquisite gems from the Scottish Wode Part Books contrast with lively French dances by Attaignant and interspersed with the poetry and words of the ill-fated queen, her cousin Elizabeth I and other characters from 16th Century Scotland. Recognised as one of the UK’s leading recorder ensembles, The Flautadors are known for their diverse programmes spanning over 800 years. British performances have included the York Early Music Festival, Greenwich International Early Music Festival as well as highly acclaimed performances at the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall as well as many international appearances.
Their concerts in the UK have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The Flautadors also featured in the English National Opera’s critically acclaimed production of Medea by Charpentier with the recorders described as “ravishing” by the Financial Times.
Friday 22nd May, 7.30pm Around Britain in Song Church of St Mary the Virgin, Titchmarsh
Rita Cullis soprano - Alec Hone piano We are fortunate in the Oundle area to have living amongst us many musicians of international standing, and we are delighted to welcome two of them for their fi rst ever Music in Quiet Places concert. Soprano Rita Cullis has sung with opera companies and in concert halls around the world including The Royal Opera Covent Garden, De Nederlandse Opera, San Diego Opera and Hamburg State Opera, and in concert halls in London, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Dresden. Pianist Alec Hone is renowned both for his masterly piano playing and his keyboard teaching. This evening is a musical journey around Britain with songs by both well-known composers such as Henry Purcell, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten, as well as the lesser-known but equally inventive Roger Quilter, John Ireland and Madeleine Dring.
Friday 5th June, 7.30pm Randers Chamber Orchestra Oundle School Chapel, Oundle
We are delighted to welcome the Randers Chamber Orchestra from Denmark. Mozart and Grieg are of course quite familiar to us, but this evening will also, to use the title of John Frandsen’s new work, give us a snapshot of the delights of contemporary Danish music. Formed in 1945, the orchestra is Denmark’s only professional chamber orchestra. Today, it occupies a unique position in Danish cultural life due to its many varied activities: orchestral concerts with expanded forces, chamber concerts, opera and operetta performances with the Danish National Opera and the Aarhus Sommeropera, summer concerts in the many fi ne castles of the local region, recordings and broadcasts, school concerts, together with workshops and teaching.
As well as performing throughout Denmark, the orchestra tours extensively abroad, and has performed in China, Syria, Italy, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Island and Scotland.
When touring overseas, the orchestra has two fundamental objectives: to introduce foreign audiences and musicians to Danish music, and to expand the orchestra’s own musicians’ horizons by introducing them to different cultures and styles of music and performance.
Tickets £13, conc. £11, under 18s £3, are available from Oundle Box Offi ce, 4 New Street, Oundle, PE8 4ED. Monday-Friday 10am to 1pm. Details or online booking for all events on www.oundlefestival.org.uk
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