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John Woolrich - A Book of Inventions
The 2nd of our recordings of John Woolrich's 'A Book of Inventions' is available from Saturday December 5th 8pm. Written for us, we first premiered Villanesca at the Barber Institute in 2018 with subsequent performances at Stapleford Granary, Bromsgrove Concerts and in Folkestone.
New Music Premiere
We have had the privilege of recording four brand new string quartets, from a series of new works composed by renowned British composer John Woolrich. The 1st, entitled Morendo, premiered on November 28th and you can enjoy it now via our youtube channel. These four works were recorded live at the Parish Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe, Folkestone.
We look forward to releasing the following three quartets over the next three Saturdays.
The full series of works, A Book of Inventions, will be performed in various locations over the coming year.
South Downs Summer Music
live concert available online
As Festival Directors of South Downs Summer Music we were are delighted to announce a new online series of live concerts. We were so thrilled to be able to host a performance at St Andrew's Church, Alfriston after the necessary cancellation of the 2020 festival.
We are determined to connect our audiences to live music at this challenging time.
The concert will be shown at 20.00 Sunday November 8th
Programme: Mendelssohn Quartet opus 12 in E flat major | Brahms Sextet no. 2 in G major
Musicians: Benyounes Quartet - Zara Benyounes | Emily Holland | Sara Roberts | Jessie Ann Richardson | Rebecca Jones | Reinoud Ford
Thank you to everyone who helped support this live concert. We hope to bring more live music to you at home via this online series. Please support to help make this happen.
Please make a donation if you are watching online.
COVID-19
We may not be able to perform for you in person right now, but we have the pleasure of connecting with you digitally to celebrate music, music making and on the 20th April with dance.
Join us on Facebook Live for a premiere broadcast of our 2013 collaborative performance of 'Configurations' with Shobana Jeyasingh Dance with music by Michael Nyman.
This free premiere event is featured in the Guardian as 'one of the hottest front-room seats' - join us in this difficult time for a high energy and uplifting performance of Bharatha Natyam dance with a whirlwind exciting score.
" a shout of positivity.." The Independent
20 April 19.00 BST.
