Friends of the London Handel Festival

Winter Series 2007-8

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Thursday 24 January 2008 7pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
Ensemble Amaranthos
Marta Gonçalves, Sara Deborah Struntz , Claire Bracher, Erik Dippenaar, Elektra Miliadou

London and Paris The Spell of the Metropoles
GP Telemann  ‘Paris Quartet’ in A minor for Flute, Violin, Bass Viol from Nouveaux Quatuors en Six Suites Prélude
Christopher Simpson  Prelude and Divisions for Viol in E minor from Divisions for the practice of Learners, The Division Viol
H Purcell A New Ground in E minor [Welcome to All the Pleasures]; A New Irish Tune in G [Lilliburlero] for Harpsichord Solo from The Second Part of Musick’s Hand-maid
John Blow  Mortlack's Ground for Harpsichord Solo from The Second Part of Musick's Hand-maid (London, 1689)
F Geminiani  Sonata no6 in A minor for Violoncello from Sonates pour le Violoncelle e Basse Continue 
GF Handel  Sonata noI for Flute, Violin and Violoncello in B minor HWV 386 
‘John Loiellet of London' Sonata no11 in D major for Two Violins and Violoncello from 12 Sonatas in Three Parts Op2
JC Pepusch Sonata no15 in B flat major for Violin and Violoncello from 24 Solos for Violin and Bass viol/Harpsichord
GP Telemann  ‘Paris Quartet’ in D major for Flute, Violin, Bass Viol and Violoncello from Nouveaux Quatuors en Six Suites

Thursday 28 February 7pm
St George’s Hanover Square, London
Four Temperaments
Eleanor Harrison, Kinga Gáborjáni, Soile Pylkkönen & Pawel Siwczak

Les Nations
JS Bach  Trio Sonata no3 in G major BWV 1038
JP Rameau  Cinquième concert from Pièces de clavecin en concert
M Marais  Suite for Viola da gamba and basso continuo in E minor
F Couperin  Suite "Les Nations" from Les Imperiales
JS Bach  Sonata for Flute and basso continuo in E minor 1034

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Ensemble Amaranthos
Marta Gonçalves flute           
Sara Deborah Struntz violin       
Claire Bracher viola da gamba   
Erik Dippenaar harpsichord
Elektra Miliadou violoncello

This exciting and dynamic group is formed of five graduates from the Royal College of Music. Ensemble Amaranthos is a period ensemble which aims to combine a unique interpretation and performance with an informed and accurate use of performance practise techniques. In following this desire, Amaranthos are contributing to the building of bridges in communicating, conveying and keeping alive our important cultural heritage.

Their rare instrument combination of flute, violin, viola da gamba, cello and harpsichord offers a rich spectrum of tone colours and opens up a wealth of repertoire possibilities from early consort music to late baroque.

London- based Ensemble Amaranthos regularly performs in concert venues in the UK and Europe. They were finalists at the York Early Music Young Artists Competition 2007. As individuals they perform with early music ensembles including the OAE, Florilegium, The Sixteen, Weser Renaissance and Sirius Viols.

The name Amaranthos stems from a Greek flower that never wilts.

For further concert information please visit: www.claire-bracher.net/amaranthos or send an email to ensembleamaranthos@googlemail.com

Four Temperaments
Soile Pylkkönen flute
Eleanor Harrison violin
Kinga Gáborjáni violoncello
Pawel Siwczak harpsichord & fortepiano

Four Temperaments was established at the Royal Academy of Music in September 2005 and benefitted from coaching with Historical Performance specialists including Lisa Beznosiuk, Laurence Cummings, James Johnstone, Nicolette Moonen and Jenny Ward-Clarke.

In June 2006, the quartet won the RAM Friends Prize for Early Music, and has recently been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music  for the year 2007-2008.  Four Temperaments will act as an ensemble-in-residence, working alongside students in
various areas of performance.

Representing four different nations (Finland, Great Britain, Hungary and Poland) the quartet performs both throughout the UK and abroad and has played in many festivals such as  the London Handel Festival and the Festival de Saintes, France.

Previously known as Donum Musicum, Four Temperaments perform on period instruments.

For further information please contact Pawel Siwczak on paxel@pro.onet.pl or visit website www.fourtemperaments.co.uk 


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